ABA 27th National Annual Conference on the Environment

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27th National Annual Conference on the Environment

THE NEXT WAVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE
CHALLENGES OF FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS

June 12-13, 1998

William F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development
Potomac, Maryland

SPONSORED BY
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law

IN COOPERATION WITH
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Enterprise for the Environment
Environmental Council of the States
Environmental Law Institute
Bar Association of the District of Columbia Environmental Law Committee
Federal Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy and Natural
Resources
George Washington University Law School - Environmental Law Program
National Environmental Policy Institute
Western Governors Association

After years of federal-state wrangling over environmental and resource
decisions affecting local communities, innovative experiments in
governmental decision making are developing. The costs, delay and
perceived inadequate solutions associated with traditional regulatory
approaches to environmental protection and land use issues often have
frustrated businesses, communities and environmentalists. In response,
new collaborations are emerging among federal, state and local interests 
across the country, while performance-based and other initiatives are
incorporating new values and stretching old notions of realistic goals
for clean-up, resources and enforcement. This conference will explore
the next wave of environmental protection through the changing
approaches of federal and state environmental decision makers and how
these changes affect environmental law practice and policy making.
Examination of demanding cleanup issues opens the program, followed by a 
session focused on sensitive Western natural resources matters. The
closing session tackles the impacts of differing state and federal
approaches to environmental compliance and enforcement, including recent
proposals by E4E and NAPA. Keynote presentations will complement the
interactive conference discussions.

This conference is intended for professionals who deal with
environmental and natural resource issues, including private and public
sector attorneys; state, local and federal regulatory and policy making
staff and officials; as well as researchers and academics.  The
experienced and regionally diverse faculty ensures a high level of
discussion that will contribute important information, understanding and
analysis to your work as well as create significant opportunities for
business networking.

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PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1998

12:00 Noon
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPENS

2:00 pm
CONFERENCE GENERAL SESSION

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Sheila Slocum Hollis, SCEL Chair
Duane, Morris & Heckscher L.L.P
Washington, DC

Nilda M. Mesa, Conference Co-Chair
Baltimore, MD

M. Joel Bolstein, Conference Co-Chair
Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA

STATES RULE: SUPERFUND II -- WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
A growing movement to State control of investigations and clean-ups
under the Superfund law has created frustration within the regulatory
and regulated communities alike. In the transition from Federal to State
environmental project management, arguments are increasing over
jurisdiction, the pace of regulatory progress and conflicting goals.
With a focus on identifying solutions, this panel will examine: the 
problems associated with determining standards as well as
differing standards, paA gmethodologies and development of risk-based
response actions; regulatory "turf" battles; local community interests
and public relations; and, of course, finances --- what role will they
play in Superfund II?

John M. Barkett, Coll, Davidson,  Carter, Salter & Barkett, P.A., Miami, FL
Moderator
James C. Colman, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Waste Prevention,
Department of Environmental Protection Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston,MA
James C. Forney, Director-Closed Sites Waste Management, Livonia, MI
James J. Doyle, Environmental Counsel Exxon Chemical Company, Houston,TX
Gail Ginsburg, Regional Counsel, USEPA Region 5, Chicago, IL
Lenny Siegel, Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight, c/o
Pacific Studies Center, Mountain View, CA
Christopher M. Teaf, Ph.D., President and Director of Toxicology,
Hazardous Substance & Waste Management Research, Tallahasee, FL

5:30 pm
First Session Adjourns

6:00 - 9:00 pm
Conference Reception & Dinner

8:00 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

William D. Ruckelshaus (invited)
Chairman, Enterprise for the Environment and Chairman of the Board,
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., Seattle, WA

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1998

8:30 - 10:00 am
WESTERN LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES:
STRIKING THE BALANCE
Nowhere has the struggle over environmental decisions been more marked
than in the conflicts over natural resources, land use and local
economics in the West. Learn how ranchers, industry, environmentalists,
tribes, states and federal agencies are forging surprising grass-roots
alliances to keep alive the character of the West and strengthen local
economies.

Nilda M. Mesa, Baltimore, MD, Moderator
Thomas C. Jensen, Of Counsel, Troutman Sanders L.L.P., Washington, DC
James M. Souby, Executive Director, Western Governors Association,
Denver, CO
Lynne Sherrod, Executive Director, Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural
Land Trust, Arvada, CO
Lorraine Eisler, Hia-Ced O'odham Alliance, Glendale, AZ
U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, DC (invited)

10:15 - 11:45 am
FEDERAL-STATE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES: BUILDING A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP

This session takes a hard look at similarities and differences in the
State and Federal approaches to environmental compliance and enforcement
and their impact on the regulated community and the public. Panelists
examine the successes and failures of traditional regulatory approaches,
and new and innovative tools for approaching environmental protection
including performance-based environmental objectives.

M. Joel Bolstein, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Moderator

Elliot Laws, Patton Boggs, Washington, DC
Robert Roberts, Executive Director, Environmental Council of the States,

Washington, DC
R. Kinnan Golemon, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, Austin, TX
Karl Hausker, PhD, Project Director, Enterprise for the Environment,
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC
DeWitt John, Director, Center for Economy and the Environment, National
Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC

12:00 noon
Luncheon

12:45 pm
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

1:30 pm
Conference Concludes

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
Member of Program Sponsor $375
General Attendance $425
Academic/NGO/Govt $150
Full-Time Student $50

ABOUT THE BOLGER CONFERENCE CENTER
Just 30 minutes from Washington, DC, the William F. Bolger Center for
Leadership Development is situated on 83 acres in Potomac, MD, minutes
from shopping, dining and public recreation.  The Center offers 45
meeting rooms; a Business Center with fax, copying and other services;
and a compute lab. In addition, guests can enjoy shuttle service to
nearby mall shopping and downtown Bethesda, MD; full group dining
service; laundry facilities; a fitness center with full gym and indoor
pool; jogging trails; free bike rental; and a lounge.  The Center
provides 470 guides rooms, 25 of which are equipped for persons with
disabilities.

Attractive "Complete Meeting Package" (CMP) rates for overnight guests
--- $141 / p standard (small room) or $165 /p Deluxe --- include one
room night, 3 meals, maid services, 24-hour security, free parking,
all-day beverage breaks with morning and afternoon snacks, TV and clock
radio in each guest room, use of fitness center, and use of the business

center and computer lab.

Call the Center directly to reserve your room and tell them that you are
with the ABA Environmental Law Group.  Telephone 301-983-7000, toll-free

1-888-520-8784, Fax 301-983-7728.
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