Law Seminars International Presents

An Important Two-Day Conference

Wetlands in Washington

Regulation and Development

October 25 & 26, 2004
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys, city planners, real estate developers, tribal and government officials

Why Order

"Regulation of wetlands by local, state and federal agencies significantly influences the implementation of private developments and public works projects, and how land in general is used in Washington. The wetland regulatory landscape continues to evolve from important new federal court decisions, implementation of the Endangered Species Act to protect listed salmon species, success and failures in wetland mitigation, and the adoption of rules by local governments to implement the GMA’s mandate to use best available science in critical area regulations. This conference will focus on these important issues so that all attendees can better understand how to address wetland protection requirements in all aspects of public and private decision-making." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Brent Carson, Esq. and A. W. "Sandy" Mackie, Esq.

What You Will Learn

- New Developments in Wetlands Regulation, Administration and Enforcement - Isolated Wetlands - Tribal Perspective on Wetlands - A View from the Environmental Community - Building the Record for a Successful Permit Defense - Corps Permitting and Survival of the Shellfish Industry - Enforcement: The Top 10 Things that Will Put You on the "Hit List" - Wetland Mitigation Banking Update - Significant Issues in Wetlands and Critical Areas and BAS

Agenda

Monday, October 25, 2004
8:30 am Wetlands 2004: New Developments in Regulation, Administration and Enforcement
  A. W. "Sandy" Mackie, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Perkins Coie LLP / Olympia, WA
8:45 am Isolated Wetlands
  The Post SWANCC Reality -- fewer isolated wetlands and greater regulation of man-made ditches.
  Brent Carson, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Buck & Gordon LLP / Seattle, WA
  State authority and regulation of isolated wetlands.
  Jay J. Manning, Esq.
 Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC / Olympia, WA
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Wetlands Protection: Tribal Perspectives and a View from the Environmental Community
  Jeffrey M. Eustis, Esq.
 Attorney at Law / Seattle, WA
  Mason D. Morisset, Esq.
 Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw / Seattle, WA
12:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm Managing the Monster -- Building the record for Successful Permit Defense
  The Third Runway Story
  Thomas M. Walsh, Esq.
 Foster Pepper & Shefelman / Seattle, WA
  James C. Kelley, Ph.D.
 Parametrix / Bellevue, WA
2:15 pm Corps Permitting and Survival of the Shellfish Industry
  Samuel W. Plauche, Esq.
 Buck & Gordon, LLP / Seattle, WA
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Enforcement: The Top 10 Things that Will Put You on the "Hit List"
  Michael Lamprecht
 US Army Corp of Engineers / Seattle, WA
4:00 pm Wetland Mitigation Banking Update
  Benefits and How-to’s of mitigation banking
  Craig Denisoff, Senior Vice President, New Project Development /Governmental Affairs
 Wildlands, Inc. / Citrus Heights, CA
  Challenges and pitfalls of mitigation
  Shane Cherry, Principal Scientist
 Shaw Environmental, Inc. / Bothell, WA
  Lauren Driscoll, Project Manager
 Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA
5:00 pm Adjourn

Tuesday, October 26, 2004
8:30 am Significant Issues in Wetlands and Critical Areas and BAS
  Science, policy, urban issues; restore or protect: Is it endangered or common species? Habitat: unwritten rules and unfinished business
  David A. Bricklin, Esq.
 Bricklin Newman Dold LLP / Seattle, WA
  Andrew C. Kindig, Ph.D., Principal Biologist
 A.C. Kindig & Co. / Bellevue, WA
  A. W. Mackie, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Perkins Coie LLP / Olympia, WA
  E.B. "Samuel" Pace
 Seattle King County Association of Realtors / Kent, WA
  Erik Stockdale, Senior Wetlands Specialist
 WA State Dept of Ecology: Shorelands & Environ. Assistance / Bellevue, WA
  John F. Briggs, Esq., Senior Presecuting Attorney
 King County Prosecutor's Office / Seattle, WA
12:30 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 10.5 (#127115) | WA AICP 10.5| WA APP 12.5 (#AP495) | | WA RE 12.5 (#C4334) | CA MCLE 10.5

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $705. 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

A.W. "Sandy" Mackie is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP where he practices land use, environmental and municipal law. His clients have included a number of Counties and private companies dealing with complex permitting and Growth Management related issues. Current project involve a variety of complex GMA issues: (1) rural area planning issues for Lewis County, including master planned resorts, Industrial siting in rural areas and designation of agricultural lands; (2) a critical area update for Snohomish County, including best available science and coordination with other GMA issues and priorities; (3) a Shoreline Master program update in Ilwaco for a private property owner with Pacific Ocean Beach property recently annexed and shifting from rural to urban uses.

David A. Bricklin is a partner at Bricklin Newman Dold, LLP. He was closely involved in the development of GMA, and past President and Director, Washington Environmental Council.

John F. Briggs is a King County Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney working in the land use section of the Civil Division. His area of practice icludes all areas of land use litigation including Growth Management Hearings Board cases and Shoreline Hearings Board cases.

Brent Carson, Program Co-Chair, is a partner at Buck & Gordon LLP. He handles permit and approval work for private and municipal clients in environmental permitting, enforcement actions and land use litigation.

Shane Cherry is a principal scientist with Shaw Environmental, Inc. in Bothell, WA, where he serves as the regional practice leader for natural resources. He manages and conducts a wide range of habitat mitigation, restoration, and enhancement projects with a focus on river and stream ecosystems. Currently he serves as the technical lead in developing a private habitat and wetland mitigation bank on the Skykomish River near Monroe, WA.

Craig Denisoff is currently responsible for analyzing potential mitigation banking & project opportunities & monitoring governmental policies.He has over 15 years of experience in both the public & private environmental field & was formerly the Assistant Secretary for Resources in the State of California.

Lauren Driscoll is the project manager for the state's wetland mitigation bank pilot rule project at Washington State Department of Ecology. She moved to Ecology in 1998 to manage the negotiated rule for wetland banking drafted in 2002. Prior to this she worked at the State Department of Transportation as a wetland biologist and performed wetland delineations, impact assessments, mitigation site selection and design.

Jeffrey M. Eustis is a Seattle attorney who concentrates in land use and environmental law. He is the author of Chapter 111, Land Use Appeals and Litigation--Challenging the Action and he co-authored Chapters 97, Zoning, and 118, Surface Water all within the REAL PROPERTY DESKBOOK (WSBA, the 1997 and 2001 supplements). He is also an adjunct professor of law at Seattle University where he teaches environmental law and particularly a course on NEPA, SEPA and the Endangered Species Act.

Dr. James C. Kelley has extensive experience completing wetland and other assessments necessary for Section 404/401 permitting under the Clean Water Act. He conducts surveys to delineate wetlands and riparian areas, assesses wildlife habitat, determines project impacts to natural resources, and assists with NEPA /SEPA compliance. His work also includes the design and implementation of wetland and habitat mitigation for public and private sector projects. Dr. Kelley has prepared biological assessments and coordinated Endangered Species Act compliance for a variety of terrestrial and aquatic plant and animal species.

Andrew C. Kindig, a Principal Biologist with A.C. Kindig & Co., has participated in projects involving extensive assessments of water quality, stormwater biotreatment, NPDES application studies, FERC licensing, NEPA and SEPA compliance, water rights transfers, and natural resource damage assessments.

Michael Lamprecht is currently the Chief of the Enforcement Division for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A.W. "Sandy" Mackie is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP where he practices land use, environmental and municipal law. His clients have included a number of Counties and private companies dealing with complex permitting and Growth Management related issues. Current project involve a variety of complex GMA issues: (1) rural area planning issues for Lewis County, including master planned resorts, Industrial siting in rural areas and designation of agricultural lands; (2) a critical area update for Snohomish County, including best available science and coordination with other GMA issues and priorities; (3) a Shoreline Master program update in Ilwaco for a private property owner with Pacific Ocean Beach property recently annexed and shifting from rural to urban uses.

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.

Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw, has been a natural resources litigator for over 35 years, including three successful cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, Antoine v. Washington (1975); Washington Fishing Vessel Association (1979); and Arizona v. California (2000).

E.B. "Sam" Pace, Jr. is a REALTOR in King County, WA, and also provides contracted services to the Seattle King County Association of REALTOR as a Housing Specialist on Quality of Life Issues before local governments. Previously, as an attorney in private practice, his focus included real estate, business, municipal law, and litigation.

Samuel W. Plauché is a partner at Buck & Gordon LLP where he represents a variety of municipal and private clients in land use and environmental matters, including litigation in federal and state court and before the Growth Management Hearings Board, the Pollution Control Hearings Board and the Shoreline Hearings Board.

Erik Stockdale is a Senior Wetlands Specialist with the Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program of the Washington State Department of Ecology. Mr. Stockdale provides technical assistance to state and local agencies in wetlands ecology, management and regulation. A Professional Wetland Scientist, he also represents the agency as a wetlands expert in enforcement actions, hearings, and other legal proceedings

Thomas M. Walsh is a member of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, and is Chair of the firms Land Use and Environmental Law Practice Group. He is a former Chair of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association, and is a frequent lecturer on land use and environmental law topics.