Law Seminars International Presents

An Advanced One-Day Workshop

Shorelines Regulation & Permitting

October 1, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, city planners, property owners, developers, agency and government officials and anyone else needing practical and up to date shoreline information

Why Order

The integration of the Growth Management Act and the Shoreline Management Act continues, as local governments prepare to update their master programs under new Ecology guidelines. The regulatory climate is complex, with many state and federal regulatory requirements, and there are more changes on the horizon. Attend this workshop to find out from leading experts in the field how to navigate through these troubled waters successfully.

What You Will Learn

- Acquatic Lands - Tips on the Implementation of New Shorelines Guidelines - ESA Permitting - HPA Permitting - What does the future hold for Shorelines? - Shorelines Hearing Board - Do's and Don'ts

Agenda

Friday, October 01, 2004
8:30 am Shoreline Permitting Now and In the Future
  Thomas R. Bjorgen, Esq.
 Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC / Olympia, WA
  T. Ryan Durkan, Esq.
 Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. / Seattle, WA
8:45 am Aquatic Lands
  What is new in the management of Aquatic Lands? How will the Reserves program and management plan work?
  Francea L. McNair, Aquatic Land Steward
 Washington State Department of Natural Resources / Olympia, WA
9:30 am Implementing the New Shoreline Guidelines
  Strategies for local governments for complying with new Shoreline guidelines; difficulties and ambiguities in the Rules; SMA/GMA integration
  Thomas R. Bjorgen, Esq.
 Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC / Olympia, WA
  William Hall
 Golder Associates, Inc. / Redmond, WA
  Cynthia Anne Kennedy, Esq.
 Preston Gates & Ellis LLP / Seattle, WA
  Jeffrey W. Randall, Director of Planning & Building Development
 City of Port Townsend / Port Townsend, WA
  Henry Reinert, Esq.
 King Co. Dept. of Development and Environmental Services / Renton, WA
  Judy Surber
 City of Port Townsend / Port Townsend,
11:30 am Lunch (on your own)
12:45 pm Permitting How To’s: ESA
  Working in the new Rules; what are the ins and outs of formal and informal consultation? What is the status of the litigation over hatchery fish at ESU?
  Charles Maduell, Esq.
 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP / Seattle, WA
  Eric S. Laschever, Esq.
 Stoel Rives LLP / Seattle, WA
  David J. Hirsch, Esq., ESA Program Analyst
 National Marine Fisheries Service / Lacey, WA
2:30 pm Permitting How To’s: HPAs
  Learn about the HPA process; what are the requirements for HPA conditions: how do you define the "hydraulic project."
  Tracey P McKenzie, Senior Biologist
 Anchor Environmental, L.L.C. / Seattle, WA
  Kathryn B. McLeod, Esq.
 Washington State Office from the Attorney General / Olympia, WA
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Practice Before the Shoreline Hearings Board - Do’s and Don’t’s
  James A. Tupper, Jr., Esq.
 Mentor Law Group / Seattle, WA
4:15 pm Case Law Update; Settlements; Unresolved Questions; What Does the Future Hold?
  Jay J. Manning, Esq.
 Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC / Olympia, WA
5:00 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: CA MCLE 6.75 | NY CLE 8 (no ethics, non-transitional) | WA APP 8 (#AP 1549) | WA CLE 6.75 (# 124455) | WA RE 8 (#C4274)

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

Thomas R. Bjorgen, is a partner with the law firm of Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC, and specializes in land use and municipal law. He is Past Chair of the Environmental and LUL Section of the Washington State Bar Association.

Ryan Durkan is a partner with Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. where she focuses her practice on environmental and land use law, with an emphasis on land development and permitting.  She was also appointed by the Governor to chair Washington State's Land Use Study Commission.

Thomas R. Bjorgen, is a partner with the law firm of Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC, and specializes in land use and municipal law. He is Past Chair of the Environmental and LUL Section of the Washington State Bar Association.

Will Hall of Golder Associates is a Senior Natural Resources Planner. He has 15 years of collaborative planning and management experience, and a masters degree in marine policy. He works with local governments and watershed groups to develop and update plans, policies and regulations related to natural resources.

David Hirsh is a senior member of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington State Habitat Office (WSHO). He reports to the State Director, providing policy input and advice on that office's Endangered Species Act section 7 Interagency Consultation process. He developed and oversees the WSHO Quality Assurance process, including the development and teaching of the in-house training program.

Cynthia Kennedy is a member of the Environmental & Land Use Department at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP and practices in the areas of land use, environmental and natural resources law.  She works extensively with the State Environmental Policy Act, the Hydraulics Code, the Shoreline Management Act, the Growth Management Act and the Land Use Petition Act to address a wide variety of local and state land use and environmental issues.

Eric S. Laschever, a partner at Stoel Rives LLP, practices land use, environmental and hazardous waste law. He is the past chair of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association. He has focused on helping clients develop land use plans, regulations and agreements that create the framework for desired development and to secure the land use entitlements necessary to implement those plans.

Charles E. Maduell, is Of Counsel in the Seattle Office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. He focuses his practice on land use and environmental law and litigation. Previously he was Chief of the Land Use and Environmental Law Section of the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

Jay J. Manning is a partner with Brown, Reavis & Manning, PLLC, where his practice includes all areas of environmental law. Previously in the Attorney General’s Office, he was chief counsel for the State Department of Ecology.

Tracey McKenzie is a Senior Scientist and Partner at Anchor Environmental, LLC with over 20 years of technical, planning, regulatory and permitting experience in aquatics. Her planning and technical experience is in conducting aquatic habitat investigations, and developing habitat restoration and mitigation plans for shoreline and aquatic related development projects, and projects requiring dredging.

Kathryn McLeod is an assistant attorney general with the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Division of the Washington Attorney General's Office. She has advised the Department of Fish and Wildlife since 1991 and has expertise in the areas of hydraulic project approval permits, habitat protection, enforcement, and, legislation.

Francea L. McNair is the Aquatic Lands Steward for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Previously, she was the Pierce County Deputy County Executive and an Assistant City Manger for the City of SeaTac.

Jeff Randall is the Director of Building and Community Development for the city of Port Townsend where he acts as both Planning Director and Building Official. He has worked at the state (CTED), county (Grant and Yakima), and city (Kittitas and Port Townsend) levels over the past 12 plus years. -

Henry Reinert works on ESA, environmental and legislative issues for the King County Department of Development and Environmental Services. He has been actively involved in developing the King County and Tri-County response to the recent 4(d) rule adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service, and is helping develop revisions to King County’s critical areas regulations and shoreline master programs

James Tupper, of the Mentor Law Group has eighteen years experience representing clients on complex land use and environmental permitting matters involving shoreline development, water quality certifications, NPDES permits and stormwater regulation. He served two terms on the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board and Shoreline Hearings Board.