Law Seminars International Presents

An Important One-Day Workshop on

New Issues in Solid Waste & E-waste

July 21, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, corporate managers, local government officials, environmental consultants, port representatives, real estate developers and representatives of corporations who either manufacture or use electronic products

Why Order

"After more than 10 years in development, EPA is proposing long-awaited changes to solid waste regulations that are likely to exclude 1.5 million tons of hazardous waste annually from federal regulations. Environmental groups charge that the proposed regulations represent the biggest rollback in land and groundwater protection in the history of RCRA. Industry representatives maintain that the proposed rulemaking does not go far enough! In addition, EPA has announced plans to issue regulations that will encourage the recycling of CRTs - or cathode ray tubes, the display components in televisions and computer monitors that contain about 4 pounds of lead as well as other toxic metals - to try and stem the burgeoning electronic waste or E-waste problem. Meanwhile industry, municipalities and other interested parties struggle to reach consensus on an E-waste solution. This seminar will cover these issues and other solid waste developments and regulatory activities that are likely to make 2004 one of the most active periods in recent history." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Andrew Kenefick, Esq. and Marlys S. Palumbo, Esq.

Agenda

Wednesday, July 21, 2004
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Introduction & Overview
  Andrew Kenefick, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Waste Management, Inc / Seattle, WA
  Marlys S. Palumbo, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Van Ness Feldman / Seattle, WA
8:45 am EPA’s Proposed Revision to RCRA Solid Waste Deregulation
  The nature and scope of the proposed redefinition of "solid waste" and its broad implications to the RCRA program of hazardous waste management
  Marlys S. Palumbo, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Van Ness Feldman / Seattle, WA
  Industry argument "for" and environmental argument "against" EPA’s proposal
  Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq.
 Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC / Seattle, WA
9:45 am New Proposed Exclusions and Conditional Exemptions from Hazardous Waste Regime
  Legal overview: Industrial Wipes; lead-based paint wastes; "Headworks Rule"; hazardous oil-bearing secondary materials; zinc fertilizers; electroplating sludges
  Nanci Klinger, Esq.
 Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP / Portland, OR
  Practical compliance tips
  Aaron Leritz
 CH2M-Hill / Portland, OR
10:45 am Break
11:00 am E-waste: The New Waste Crisis
  Changing expectations of environmentally sound management of E-waste - not just a government problem anymore; assigning responsibility; corporate expectations for product end of life
  Viccy Salazar, Product Stewardship Program Manager
 Region 10; U. S. Environmental Protection Agency / Seattle, WA
  Legislative and regulatory drivers
  Wayne Rifer, Principal
 Rifer Environmental / Portland, OR
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm E-waste: The New Waste Crisis (cont.’d)
  California: Passed and pending legislation and recycling initiatives; reclassification of E-waste under "Universal Waste" regulations; land fill bans
  Charles A. White, P.E., Director of Regulatory Affairs
 Waste Management, Inc. / Sacramento, CA
  Oregon: Passed and pending legislation and recycling initiatives
  Frank Hammond, Esq.
 Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP / Portland, OR
  Washington: Passed and pending legislation and 2002 interim policy for recycling/disposal of E-waste
  Jay Shepard, Sustainability Strategist
 Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
2:20 pm Break
2:35 pm E-waste: The New Waste Crisis (cont.’d)
  National negotiations, financing system models, third party organizations, regional public/private partnerships.
  Sego Jackson, Principal Planner
 Snohomish County Solid Waste Division / Everett, WA
  Local government impacts and concerns, local regulation, local public/private partnerships
  Shirli Axelrod, Esq., Senior Environmental Analyst.
 Seattle Public Utilities / Seattle, WA
  Impacts on business and manufacturing
  Ted Reichelt, Principal Engineer and Program Manager
 Intel Sustainable Development Corp. / Hillsboro, OR
4:00 pm New Issues in Solid Waste Management
  EPA’s RD&D rule - Bioreactor landfills
  Andrew Kenefick, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Waste Management, Inc / Seattle, WA
  DOE’s proposed Clean Soils Policy
  Thomas A. Newlon, Esq..
 Stoel Rives, LLP / Seattle, WA
  Mercury wastes
  Joshua M. Lipsky, Esq.
 Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC / Seattle, WA
  Flow control update; significant cases including United Haulers and AGG Enterprises
  Polly L. McNeill, Esq.
 Summit Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA
5:30 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International automatically obtains CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits. Current credits status: WA CLE 7.25 (#121932) | CA CLE 7.5 | NV CLE 7 | NY CLE 8.5 (0 ethics, non-transitional) | OR CLE 8 (Course 2104*202)

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $605. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Andrew Kenefick, Program Co-Chair, is Senior Legal Counsel with Waste Management, Inc. where he manages environmental and regulatory compliance and litigation in the nine western states. His practice covers virtually all aspects of environmental law, including solid and hazardous waste compliance and permitting under RCRA, CERCLA and state site cleanup, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Mr. Kenefick joined Waste Management 4 years ago after 12 years of environmental practice at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe.

Marlys Palumbo, Program Co-Chair, a member at Van Ness Feldman, focuses her practice on matters arising under state and federal environmental statutes. Prior to joining Van Ness, she served as the Senior Vice President for Law with Philip Services Corporation, where she was responsible for managing & directing environmental legal matters, negotiating with regulatory agencies, and overseeing corporate compliance.

Shirli Axelrod is a Senior Environmental Analyst for Seattle Public Utilities, where she manages waste prevention planning and deals with problem wastes. She has over 15 years of experience with City departments, in hazardous and solid waste management. Ms Axelrod has a law degree from Northeastern University.

Rodney L. Brown, Jr. is a partner with Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC. Mr. Brown has worked on RCRA issues for many years, advising industrial clients about compliance with RCRA's waste management and disposal regulations. He also represents companies in RCRA permitting and corrective action projects.

Frank Hammond is a partner in the law firm of Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP in Portland, Oregon where he represents clients in the areas of land use law, solid waste law, and appellate litigation.

Sego Jackson: is a Principal Planner with Snohomish County and has represented the interests of local governments as one of 15 government negotiators in the National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative. He has also been instrumental in developing local, state and national policies, pilots and programs related to product stewardship and electronic products.

Nanci Klinger was an environmental consultant and Regional Compliance Coordinator for CH2M HILL and a private consultant with BPA's Office of Environment, Fish and Wildlife prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine’s environmental practice group in Portland, OR.

Aaron Leritz is CH2M HILL's Northwest Region Market Segment Leader for the Air, Water, and Process Business. He resides in CH2M HILL's Portland Office. He has 11 years of experience performing environmental compliance and environmental management system related projects. He has been with CH2M HILL for 10 years. Prior to that he worked for the Bonneville Power Administration's Environmental Audit Group. At CH2M HILL, Mr. Leritz specializes in Environmental Compliance and Management System Development and Implementation. He is a Registration Accreditation Board (RAB) Certified ISO 14001 Lead Auditor

Joshua M. Lipsky is a partner with Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC. Mr. Lipsky advises industrial clients about compliance with RCRA's waste management and disposal regulations. His practice also includes hazardous waste cleanup, brownfields redevelopment and Clean Water Act permitting and compliance matters.

Polly L. McNeill is a partner at the Summit Law Group where her practice focuses on the areas of permits and administrative law, particularly related to land use and SEPA, and hazardous and solid waste matters. Her practice ranges from general land use permitting matters for commercial and industrial facilities, to specific land use issues related to recycling, solid waste and hazardous waste activities.

Tom Newlon is a principal in Stoel Rives' environmental practice group. Previously he served 10 years as senior counsel for the Port of Seattle. His expertise includes issues related to contaminated sediments, aquatic cleanup and acquisition and redevelopment of brownsfields properties. He has had significant involvement in regulatory reform efforts involving state programs in hazardous waste management, contaminated site cleanups, ESA-related permitting issues and potential changes to the federal Superfund program.

Ted Reichelt is a Principal Engineer and program manager in Intel’s Sustainable Development Group. He has key responsibilities for environmental process goals, water and energy sustainability planning, emerging issues management and digital divide strategies. Ted has been EHS manager for operations in Hudson, MA and for Systems Manufacturing operations and on the startup teams for sites in Ireland, Costa Rica, the Philippines and the PRC. He is co-chair of the Sustainable Development Network for GEMI (Global Environmental Management Initiative) and has been involved with WEPSI and sustainable development policy recommendations to the PRC. Ted is based in Portland, OR and has a BS in Industrial Engineering and has done graduate work in environmental engineering, architecture and business.

Wayne Rifer is Principal of Rifer Environmental in Portland, Oregon where he focuses on integrated waste management, product stewardship and industrial ecology. He founded and managed the Western and National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiatives (WEPSI & NEPSI), which have helped various stakeholder groups including the electronic industry, government, recyclers, retailers and others initiate discussions and reach consensus agreements regarding the management of electronic products at their end-of-life

Viccy Salazar is the Product Stewardship Program Manager for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 where she manages electronic projects that address product lifecycle from design to end-of-life. She is the national lead on EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool), the Federal Electronics Challenge and WEPSI. She is also a member of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council.

Jay Shepard is a Sustainability Strategist with the Washington Dept. of Ecology with expertise in Solid Waste, Shorelands Management and Water Quality. He led the state’s first recycling rate survey and solid waste composition studies, which have helped bring recycling into the mainstream of waste management. He is a charter member of the National Product Stewardship Institute’s Steering Council, participates in NEPSI and chairs the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Product Stewardship Task Force.

Charles A. White, P.E. has over twenty-eight years of professional experience in environmental engineering and pollution control in California. Currently, he is the Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Western Area of Waste Management and he previously held a variety of positions with the California State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and the Department of Health Services.