Law Seminars International Presents: A Comprehensive One-Day Workshop on Washington's

Model Toxics Control Act
New developments in implementation, litigation, and legislation

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(For this past program, we offer two options for purchase: a Homestudy (DVD and written materials) or written materials alone.)

June 11, 2007
Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA

Who Should Order This Homestudy

Lawyers, developers, contractors, environmental professionals, corporate managers, engineers, architects, city and county officials, and anyone involved with developing contaminated property

Why Order

The Washington State Department of Ecology's implementation of the Model Toxics Control Act continues to evolve. This seminar will explore issues arising out of Ecology's interpretations of the 2001 rule amendments. It will also cover new trends to require financial assurance and to impose liens, and provide updates on recent changes to the Voluntary Cleanup Program and EPA's recent All Appropriate Inquiries Rule. Lawyers, consultants, environmental groups and parties involved with cleanups will want to hear the latest developments concerning issues they may have when conducting cleanup of contaminated property. ~ Program Co-Chairs: Rodney L. Brown, Esq. and Gillis E. Reavis, Esq.

What You Will Learn

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Agenda

Monday, June 11, 2007

8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

 
8:30 am

Introduction & Overview

Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
Cascadia Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA

Gillis E. Reavis, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Foster Pepper PLLC / Seattle, WA

 
8:45 am

Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) - New Developments This Past Year

Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq., Program Co-Chair
Cascadia Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA

Dave Bradley, Acting Supervisor, Information and Policy Section
Toxics Cleanup Program Washington State Dept. of Ecology / Olympia, WA

 
9:45 am

MTCA Litigation Update

What is happening with the statute of limitations, substantial equivalence, joint and several liability and other thorny MTCA litigation issues?

Gillis E. Reavis, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Foster Pepper PLLC / Seattle, WA

 
10:15 am

Break

 
10:30 am

MTCA Legislative Update

What happened in the legislature this year? Who has been pushing for what? How have the politics played out? What to expect in the next session; liability for rights of way

Steven J. Thiele, Esq.
Stoel Rives LLP / Seattle, WA

 
11:00 am

Department of Ecology Initiatives

Puget Sound Initiative and future directions for cleanups

Jim Pendowski, Program ManagerToxics Cleanup Program
Toxics Cleanup Program Washington State Dept. of Ecology / Olympia, WA

 
11:30 am

Financial & Legal Guarantees For Cleanups

How to navigate current financial assurance requirements, liens and restrictive covenants; responding to and dealing with corporate bankruptcy; legislative developments at federal and state level; protecting your client for the short- and long-term.

Ken Lederman, Esq.
Riddell Williams P.S. / Seattle, WA

 
12:15 pm

Lunch (on your own)

 
1:30 pm

Key Cleanup Issues for Air, Soil & Groundwater

Cleanup standards to protect indoor air quality; Soil cleanup levels to protect groundwater quality (the three- and four-phase models); how to do "empirical demonstrations" to get alternative cleanup levels; new emphasis on dioxins and arsenic

Teri Floyd, Ph.D., Principal
Floyd Snider / Seattle, WA

Kris Hendrickson, P.E., Principal
Landau Associates Inc. / Edmonds, WA

 
2:30 pm

Break

 
2:45 pm

Real Estate Deals & Voluntary Cleanups

All Appropriate Inquiries rule; No Further Action Letters'; and the Voluntary Cleanup Program

Michael N. Feldcamp, Esq., Senior Legal and Policy Analyst, Toxics Cleanup Program
Washington State Dept. of Ecology / Olympia, WA

Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq.
Cascadia Law Group PLLC / Seattle, WA

Michael Wearne, Vice President, Environmental Services
Columbia Bank / Tacoma, WA

 
4:15 pm

Fitting the Solution to the Project - A Toolbox for Different MTCA/Redevelopment Projects

Tools for MTCA liability resolution options, insurance products and related considerations

Charles R. Wolfe, M.R.P., Esq.
Attorney at Law / Seattle, WA

 
5:00 pm

Evaluations & Adjourn

 

Cancellation

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

Continuing Education Credits

This program qualifies for 6.5 WA CLE credits. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $605. The written 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 (whichever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Program Co-Chair, founder and partner of Cascadia Law Group PLLC, specializes in environmental law. He has worked on significant environmental cases in the Northwest, including most of the region's Superfund cleanups, the permitting of major industrial and municipal facilities and the development of large-scale Brownfield properties. He was the principal author of Washington's Superfund law, the Model Toxics Control Act and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for more than ten years.

Gillis E. Reavis, Program Co-Chair, member of Foster Pepper PLLC, focuses on environmental litigation, including hazardous waste cleanup, water quality, insurance coverage for policyholders, toxic torts and class action litigation. His pro bono representation of environmental groups in litigation over wilderness, land use and hazardous waste issues earned him a Pro Bono Public Service Commendation and he has been named a Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics.

Dave Bradley is the Acting Supervisor of the Information and Policy Section within the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program. He has worked as a manager and toxicologist in several Ecology programs. He is the author of the original MTCA cleanup standard rules adopted in 1991.

Teri Floyd, Ph.D., Principal at Floyd Snider, is a professional chemist of environmental systems analysis. She specializes in complex project management for sites and projects with interwoven regulatory, business, and technical challenges, working with her clients from early planning through implementation and closure.

Kris Hendrickson, Principal at Landau Associates Inc, assisted with development of the MTCA regulations as a member of Washington State Department of Ecology's external work groups and has implemented them at numerous sites. Her practice focuses on cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property and litigation support including allocation of cleanup costs.

Ken Lederman, a Principal at Riddell Williams P.S., focuses on environmental litigation, including federal and state hazardous waste cost-recovery litigation and natural resource damage litigation. Previously, he was an Assistant Attorney General representing the Washington State Department of Ecology. He was named a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics Magazine.
Full bio and contact info for Ken Lederman at Riddell Williams P.S.

Jim Pendowski is currently the Program Manager for the Toxics Cleanup Program at the Washington State Department of Ecology. He has been involved in waste management, cleanup and redevelopment issues on the state and local government level for the past 30 years.

Steven J. Thiele, of counsel at Stoel Rives LLP, focuses on hazardous waste, land use and environmental issues for both public and private interests. Previously, he was chief toxics cleanup attorney for the Washington State Attorney General's Office Ecology Division and was named "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics.

Michael Wearne, Vice President, Environmental Services, manages environmental risk for Columbia Bank. In addition, he reviews commercial and residential appraisal for the company and teaches Real Estate Appraisal at Bellevue Community College.

Charles R. Wolfe, M.R.P., opened his own law offices in 2005 after a career at larger law firms. He focuses his practice on redevelopment and rownfields issues and related due diligence, permitting, negotiation and administrative advocacy. He has been named a "Washington Law and Politics" Super Lawyer for the last six years.

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