Law Seminars International Presents

An Advanced One-Day Workshop On

California's New E-Waste Legislation

Shifting Liabilities and Responsibilities: Who Pays?

April 1, 2005
Pan Pacific Hotel in San Francisco, CA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Attorneys - both private and in-house, corporate managers, government officials, environmental consultants, and representatives of both environmental groups and manufacturers of electronic products

Why Order

"Given the proliferation of electronic products today, electronic waste (or E-waste) has become the new hazardous waste crisis. In California alone, 6 million televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs) are stockpiled in homes and 10,000 computers become obsolete every day. CRTs contain approximately four pounds of lead and other toxic metals. In addition, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitors and laptop computers contain hazardous amounts of mercury and other toxic metals. Across the country, an on-going debate among various interested groups continues over how best to manage the e-waste crisis. In response to this crisis, California recently enacted a groundbreaking electronic waste recycling law that requires consumers to pay an advance recycling fee to retailers. The fee is remitted to State to reimburse recyclers and collectors for the costs of product recovery and recycling. The eyes of the other states and the federal government are now watching to see how the California solution performs. This workshop brings together some of California and nation’s key players in the ongoing debate, who will examine California’s e-waste law, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as other proposed solutions for managing the waste created when an electronic product reaches the end of its useful life. Attendance is a must for those representing the interests of electronic product manufacturers and retailers, waste management companies, recyclers, hazardous materials handlers and processors and governmental or regulatory officials." - Robert F. Conheim, Esq. of the California Integrated Waste Management Board and Charles A. White, P.E. of Waste Management, Inc.

What You Will Learn

- California's "Free and Convenient" E-Waste Program - Designating E-Waste as "Hazardous" Under Federal or State Law - The Environmental Perspective - The Manufacturer's Perspective - International Considerations for the Management of E-Waste - Alternative Financing Systems for the Collection and Recycling of E-Waste - Liability Issues Under the California E-Waste Law - Board of Equalization: Fee Collection Procedures and Issues

Agenda

Friday, April 01, 2005
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Introduction and Overview
  Robert Conheim, Esq., Program Co-Chair, Senior Staff Counsel
 California Integrated Waste Management Board / Sacramento, CA
  Charles A. White, P.E., Program Co-Chair, Director of Regulatory Affairs
 Waste Management, Inc. / Sacramento, CA
8:45 am California’s "Free and Convenient" E-Waste Program
  Overview of California's E-Waste Law - retailers' and manufacturers' duties and responsibilities.
  Robert Conheim, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 California Integrated Waste Management Board / Sacramento, CA
  Exporting waste from California - retailers’ and manufacturers’ duties and responsibilities
  Charles A. White, P.E., Program Co-Chair
 Waste Management, Inc. / Sacramento, CA
9:45 am Designating E-waste as "Hazardous" Under Federal or State Law
  How should E-waste be managed to safely protect human health and the environment? Legislative and regulatory options
  Wayne Rifer, Principal
 Rifer Environmental / Portland, OR
10:30 am Break
10:45 am The Environmental Perspective
  Why E-waste? Is there a problem in California and has it been solved?
  Mark Murray, Executive Director
 Californians Against Waste / Sacramento, CA
11:30 am The Manufacturer’s Perspective
  Where do we go from here? Should there be a national program for the management of E-waste and, if so, what should it be?
  David A. Thompson, Director, Corporate Environmental Department
 Matsushita Electric Corporation of America / Seacaucus, NJ
12:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm International Considerations for the Management of E-waste
  Overview of international law; exports and manufacturing; What is Basel, what is EU, and why do we care?
  Michèle B. Corash, Esq.
 Morrison & Foerster LLP / San Francisco, CA
2:15 pm Alternative Financing Systems for the Collection and Recycling of E-waste
  Sego Jackson, Principal Planner
 Snohomish County Solid Waste Division / Everett, WA
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Liability Issues Under the California E-waste law
  Patrick K. Shannon, Esq.
 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP / Palo Alto, CA
4:00 pm Board of Equalization: Fee Collection Procedures and Issues
  Dennis Maciel, Chief, Excise Taxes Division
 California State Board of Equalization / Sacramento, CA

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 | NV CLE 6.5 | WA CLE 6.5 (#136384)

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

Robert F. Conheim returned to the Legal Staff of the California Integrated Waste Management Board in March 2003, after serving in other capacities in State Government, including chief counsel of three other agencies, as well as Chief Information Officer and Chief Deputy Commissioner for the California Department of Insurance. As chief counsel of the Board in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, Bob was intimately involved in the development of the RCRA solid waste requirements and California’s integrated waste management planning, and materials recovery programs. He is excited to be involved again in providing legal advice and counsel to the electronic waste recovery and recycling program.

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.

Michele Corash is a partner with Morrison & Foerster LLP and heads the firm's environmental practice group. She represents companies on a broad range of national, international and environmental issues and works with governmental agencies and legislatures in the development and implementation of environmental laws and programs. She is formerly General Counsel of the United States EPA and is consistently listed in American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel among the "Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law."

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.

Dennis Maciel is the Chief of the Excise Taxes Division of the California State Board of Equalization, an agency designed to serve the public through fair, effective, and efficient tax administration.

Mark Murray is Executive Director for Californians Against Waste (CAW). In addition, he oversees the Californians Against Waste Foundation (CAWF), including CAWF's legisative policy, research, education and fundraising programs. He joined CAW in 1987 and seved as Policy Director for over five years prior to becoming Executive Director in December 1994. He is the leading expert on California's Bottle Bill program and sits on Recycling Advisory Council to the USEPA.

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

Patrick Shannon specializes in government and administrative law and is counsel in the Silicon Valley office of the international law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. Patrick represents companies and trade associations before the California state government on legislative and regulatory issues. He advocates before the California Legislature on major public policy issues such as California’s regulation of electronic waste. He also litigates enforcement actions in court and in agency proceedings.

David Thompson has worked for Matsushita Electric for 20 years in a number of different job responsibilities. As of October 1, 1995, David was asked to head up Matsushita’s Corporate Environmental Department, where he has responsibility for environmental compliance, environmental marketing strategies, state and federal government policy and special projects, such as the sighting of new production facilities. He helped established both the Portable Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) and the newly formed Rechargeable Battery Recylcing Corporation (RBRC). The RBRC is tasked with implementing and operating national collection and recycling programs for rechargeable batteries in the U.S. and Canada.