ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law

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1 ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institution February 4-6, 2009 Washington, D.C. PROGRAM FACULTY PARTICIPANTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page xi xiii STUDY MATERIALS 1. Overview of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") By Michael C. Davis 2. Overview of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") 19 By Christopher Rizzo RCRA's "Imminent and Substantial Endangerment" Citizen Suit Turns RCRA Hypothetical 28 Presentation Slides Clean Water Act Overview 35 By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Study Outline 37 Summary of Key Clean Water Act Cases 41 Helpful Water Quality Links Letter to Democratic Leadership re Federal Cap and Trade Program Submitted by Scott E. Schang 5. Clean Air Act Developments 2008 By E. Donald Elliott, Ari G. Altman, and Johanna M. Hickman 6. NEPA in the Courts By William M. Cohen 7. Streamlining NEPA By Lucinda Low Swartz 8. CERCLA, RCRA, and Brownfields Developments By Amy L. Edwards 9. Federal Environmental Law and the Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites By Walter E. Mugdan 10. Private Party Litigation Under RCRA By Daniel Riesel vii

2 11. Global Climate Change: Legal Summary By Michael B. Gerrard and J. Cullen Howe 12. Climate Change: Where Energy and Environment Meet By Mary Anne Sullivan 13. Ethical Considerations For The Environmental Lawyer By Pamela R. Esterman Wetlands Law in 2009 Still In Flux 309 By Margaret N. Strand Study Outline 311 Presentation Slides Legal Authorities for Ecosystem-Based Management in U.S. Coastal and Ocean Areas By Patrick A. Parenteau, Donald C. Baur, and Jennifer L. Schorr Ocean Law By Donald C. Baur 17. Endangered Species Act and Public Lands Developments By John D. Leshy 18. The Pronounced Presence and Insistent Issues of the Endangered Species Act By Steven P. Quarles and Thomas R. Lundquist 19. Environmental Law Cases in The U.S. Supreme Court By Robert V. Percival Terms of Environment: Abbreviations and Acronyms The Clean Air Act: A Roadmap (Handout) By Ari Altman 22. Environmental Justice and NEPA (Handout) By Robert G. Dreher 23. Clean Water Act (Handout) By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn 24. CERCLA, RCRA, and Brownfields Developments (Handout) By Amy L. Edwards 25. Going Global: Compliance with Market Access Legislation (Handout) By Sarah Lukie 26. Congressional Developments and the New Administration (Handout) By Andrew Wheeler 27. NEPA in a Changing Climate (Handout) By Edward A. Boling 28. Legal Developments in Energy Efficiency and Conservation (Handout) By Michael B. Gerrard 29. Water Supply: Background on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa ("ACF/ACT") River Basins (Handout) By Kathy Robb viii

3 30. U.S. EPA Rule That Allows Water Transfers Without Permits Is Threatened By Litigation Challenge (Handout) By Kathy Robb 31. Water Supply and Water Wars: Conflicts Over Shared Waters (Handout) By Kathy Robb 32. Endangered Species Act: Implementation Issues in 2009 (Handout) By Steven P. Quarles 33. More Facets of the Prism's Spectrum: Coal, Carbon Sequestration, Smart Grid(s) and Efficiency's Potential (Handout) By Michael Dworkin 34. Ocean Law (?) (Handout) By Donald C. Baur 35. Enforcement Update (Handout) By Matthew W. Morrison 36. Product-Base Market Access Legislation in the U.S. (Handout) By Paul E. Hagen 37. China Environmental Trends and Market Access Update (Handout) By Richard J. Ferris ix

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5 ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institute February 4-6, 2009 Washington, D.C. PROGRAM Wednesday, February 4, :00-8:00 p.m. Early Registration WEBCAST SEGMENT A OPTIONAL INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 6:00 p.m. The Clean Air Act Mr. Altman 7:00 p.m. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Messrs. Davis and Rizzo 8:00 p.m. Networking Break 8:15 p.m. The Clean Water Act Ms. Dunn 9:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day Thursday, February 5, :00 a.m. Registration WEBCAST SEGMENT B DEVELOPMENTS ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN THE CLEAN AIR ACT 9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks and Course Overview Ms. Esterman and Mr. Riesel 9:15 a.m. Congressional Developments and the New Administration Mss. Eilperin and Poirier and Messrs. Schang and Wheeler 10:30 a.m. Networking Break 10:45 a.m. Clean Air Act Developments Messrs. Altman, Elliott and Morrison and Ms. Patton 12:00 noon Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT C NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, BROWNFIELDS, AND ENERGY LAW 1:15 p.m. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at 40 Messrs. Boling, Cohen, and Dreher and Ms. Swartz 2:45 p.m. Networking Break 3:00 p.m. CERCLA, RCRA, and Brownfields Developments Ms. Edwards and Messrs. Mugdan and Riesel 4:15 p.m. Environmental Developments in Energy Law Professors Dworkin and Gerrard and Ms. Sullivan 5:30 p.m. Adjournment for the Day; Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty xi

6 Friday, February 6, :00 a.m. Networking Session WEBCAST SEGMENT D ETHICS, WATER, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES 8:30 a.m. Ethical Issues in the Practice of Environmental Law Mss. Berlowe and Esterman 9:30 a.m. Networking Break 9:45 a.m. Clean Water Act Developments, Oceans, and Water Rights Mss. Robb and Strand and Messrs. Baur and Neugeboren 11:15 a.m. Endangered Species Act and Public Lands Developments Messrs. Leshy and Quarles 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT E INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND SUPREME COURT ROUNDUP 1:45 p.m. Supreme Court Roundup Messrs. Cruden and Percival 3:00 p.m. Networking Break 3:15 p.m. Going Global: Compliance with Market Access Legislation Messrs. Ferris and Hagen and Ms. Lukie 4:30 p.m. Adjournment xii

7 ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institution February 4-6, 2009 Washington, D.C. PLANNING CHAIRS Pamela R. Esterman, Esquire Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 10th Floor 460 Park Avenue New York, NY Daniel Riesel, Esquire Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 10th Floor 460 Park Avenue New York, NY FACULTY Ari Altman, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street NW Washington, DC Donald C. Baur, Esquire Perkins Coie LLP th Street, NW Washington, DC Andrea L. Berlowe, Esquire Senior Counsel Law and Policy Section Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 4390 Washington, DC Edward A. Boling, Esquire General Counsel Council on Environmental Quality 722 Jackson Place, NW Washington, DC William M. Cohen, Esquire Perkins Coie LLP th Street, NW Washington, DC John C. Cruden, Esquire Deputy Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice Room Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Michael C. Davis, Esquire Venable LLP 575 7th Street NW Washington, DC Robert G. Dreher, Esquire Vice President for Conservation Law and General Counsel Defenders of Wildlife th Street, NW Washington, DC xiii

8 Dean Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Assistant Dean of Environmental Programs and Adjunct Professor of Law Pace University School of Law Preston Hall North Broadway White Plains, NY Professor Michael Dworkin Professor of Law & Director, Institute for Energy and the Environment Vermont Law School P.O. Box 96, Chelsea St. South Royalton, VT Amy L. Edwards, Esquire Holland & Knight LLP Suite Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Ms. Juliet Eilperin Staff Writer Washington Post th Street NW Washington, DC E. Donald Elliott, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street, NW Washington, DC Richard Jay "Tad" Ferris, Jr., Esquire Holland & Knight LLP Suite Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Professor Michael B. Gerrard Director, Center Climate Change Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY Joseph Goffman, Esquire Senior Counsel for Global Warming and Air Issues Environmental and Public Works Committee U.S. Senate 410 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC Paul E. Hagen, Esquire Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Suite I Street, NW Washington, DC Professor John D. Leshy Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor of Real Property Law University of California Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA Ms. Sarah L. Lukie Managing Director, Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs, Food and Agriculture Biotechnology Industry Organization Suite Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC Matthew W. Morrison, Esquire Director, Air Enforcement Division Office of Civil Enforcement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2242A Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Walter E. Mugdan, Esquire Director, Emergency & Remedial Response Division, Region 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 290 Broadway New York, NY xiv

9 Steven M. Neugeboren, Esquire Associate General Counsel, Water Law Office, Office of General Counsel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2355A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Vickie L. Patton, Esquire Deputy General Counsel Environmental Defense Fund 2334 North Broadway Boulder, CO Professor Robert V. Percival Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Program University of Maryland School of Law 500 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD Steven P. Quarles, Esquire Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Christopher Rizzo, Esquire Litigation Department and Environmental Practice Group Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP 2 Wall Street New York, NY Scott E. Schang, Esquire Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Law Reporter, and Vice President, Publications and Associates Environmental Law Institute Suite L Street, NW Washington, DC Margaret N. Strand, Esquire Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW Washington, DC Mary Anne Sullivan, Esquire Hogan & Hartson LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC Lucinda Low Swartz, Esquire Environmental Consultant 4112 Franklin Street Kensington, MD Andrew Wheeler, Esquire Senior Vice President B&D Consulting Suite K Street NW Washington, DC Kathy Robb, Esquire Hunton & Williams LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY xv

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