ALI-ABA Course of Study Clean Air: Law, Policy, and Practice. Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute December 2-4, 2009 Washington, D.C.

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1 ALI-ABA Course of Study Clean Air: Law, Policy, and Practice Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute December 2-4, 2009 Washington, D.C. PROGRAM FACULTY PARTICIPANTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page xi xiii STUDY MATERIALS 1. Basics of Clean Air Law By Patrick D. Traylor 2. Clean Air Act Title V Permitting By Thomas A. Lorenzen 3. Coal-Fired Power Plants Dominate Climate Change Litigation By Michael B. Gerrard 4. Legislative Action on Climate Change in the 111th Congress of the United States Submitted by Michael B. Gerrard 5. Climate Regulation Tracking Service Submitted by Michael B. Gerrard 6. U.S. Climate Change Litigation By Michael B. Gerrard 7. Climate Change: International Issues and Copenhagen By Andrew W. Shoyer 8. Is World Trade Law a Barrier to Saving Our Climate? Submitted by Andrew W. Shoyer 9. Federal and State Enforcement: Report from the Regulators By Robert Rosenthal 10. Briefs in the Matter of United States of America v. Cinergy Corp. 131 Submitted by Phillip Brooks Cinergy s Memorandum in Support of Its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Remaining Remedial Claims 133 Plaintiff s Opposition to Cinergy s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 147 Cinergy s Reply Memorandum in Support of Its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the Remaining Remedial Claims vii

2 11. A Symmetric Safety Valve By Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, and Danny Kahn 12. Allowance Markets Assessment: A Closer Look at the Two Biggest Price Changes in the Federal SO2 and NOx Allowance Markets Submitted by Peter Hsiao 13. Factors in Decisions on Criminal Prosecutions for Environmental Violations in the Context of Significant Voluntary Compliance or Disclosure Efforts by the Violator Submitted by Andrew D. Goldsmith 14. Environment and Natural Resources Division Directive : Parallel Proceedings Policy Submitted by Andrew D. Goldsmith 15. Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations Submitted by Andrew D. Goldsmith 16. Ethical Considerations for the Clean Air Act Attorney By Daniel Riesel and Victoria Shiah Terms of Environment: Abbreviations and Acronyms New Source Review (Handout) By Kevin P. Auerbacher 19. Air Enforcement Update (Handout) By Pamela J. Mazakas 20. Title V Operating Permits: Citizen and Environmental Group Perspective (Handout) By Maleah Geertsma 21. Title V: Operating Permits Program (Handout) By Byron F. Taylor 22. Hazardous Air Pollutants (Handout) By Eric Ginsburg 23. Federal and State Enforcement: Report from the Regulators (Handout) By Robert Rosenthal 24. New Source Review Regulatory Update (Handout) By Anna Marie Wood 25. Federal Climate Change Legislation: Potential Impacts on Hydropower (Handout) By Kyle W. Danish 26. Issues in Emissions Trading and Air Pollution Regulation (Handout) By Dallas Burtraw Background Materials on The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power 523 Act (Handout) Submitted by Kathryn B. Thomson Key Changes in the Chairman's Mark The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733) 525 Clean Energy Jobs and American viii Power Act: Summary of Provisions 527

3 Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act: Summary of Provisions Background Materials on The American Clean Energy and Security Act 539 (H.R. 2454) (Handout) Submitted by Kathryn B. Thomson The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) 541 The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454): Section-By-Section EPA Regulation of Climate Change Under Clean Air Act (Handout) By Michael B. Gerrard Clean Air: Law, Policy, and Practice (Handout) By F. William Brownell 31. Cap and Trade Programs for Air Emissions (Handout) By Sam Napolitano 32. Federal and State Enforcement: Report From the Regulators - Reference Materials Submitted by Eric Schaeffer ix

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5 ALI-ABA Course of Study Clean Air: Law, Policy, and Practice Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute December 3-4, 2009 Washington, D.C. Wednesday, December 2, :30 p.m. Early Registration PROGRAM WEBCAST SEGMENT A: BASICS OF CLEAN AIR LAW 6:00 p.m. Optional Introductory Lecture: Basics of Clean Air Law Mr. Traylor 8:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day Thursday, December 3, :45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:50 a.m. Introductory Remarks WEBCAST SEGMENT B: KEYNOTE, NEW SOURCE REVIEW, AND TITLE V PERMITTING 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address Ms. Browner (invited) 9:45 a.m. Networking Break 10:00 a.m. New Source Review Mr. Martel, Moderator; Messrs. Auerbacher (invited) and Wehrum; Ms. Wood 11:00 a.m. Title V Permitting Ms. Thomson, Moderator; Messrs. Lorenzen and Taylor; and another speaker to be confirmed 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT C: CLIMATE CHANGE 1:30 p.m. View from the Capitol: Climate Change Legislation - Ms. Thomson, Moderator; Ms. Schmidt; Messrs. Catanzaro and Weiss 2:45 p.m. Networking Break 3:00 p.m. Climate Change: EPA Clean Air Act Regulation Mr. Martel, Moderator; Professor Gerrard; Mr. Bookbinder 4:15 p.m. Climate Change: International Issues and Copenhagen Mr. Hsiao, Moderator; Messrs. Bordoff (invited) and Shoyer 5:30 p.m. Adjournment for the Day; Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty, sponsored by Arnold & Porter LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP xi

6 Friday, December 4, :00 a.m. Continental Breakfast WEBCAST SEGMENT D: HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS AND FEDERAL AND STATE ENFORCEMENT 8:30 a.m. Hazardous Air Pollutants Mr. Martel, Moderator; Messrs. Ginsburg, Knauss, and Walke 9:30 a.m. Networking Break 9:45 a.m. Federal and State Enforcement: Report from the Regulators Mr. Martel, Moderator; Ms. Mazakas; Messrs. Rosenthal and Schaeffer 11:00 a.m. Federal and State Enforcement: Lessons Learned Mr. Hsiao, Moderator; Messrs. Brooks, Brownell, and Schaeffer 12:00 noon Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT E: EMISSIONS TRADING, TITLE I, AND ETHICS 1:15 p.m. Emission Trading Mr. Hsiao, Moderator; Mr. Burtraw and Napolitano 2:15 p.m. Networking Break 2:30 p.m. Title I Ms. Thomson, Moderator; Messrs. Becker and Traylor 3:45 p.m. Ethical and Professional Responsibility Issues Mr. Hsiao, Moderator; Messrs. Goldsmith and Riesel 4:45 p.m. Adjournment Total hours of instruction (including the Wednesday evening session): 15.25, including one hour of ethics and professional responsibility xii

7 CR033 ALI-ABA Course of Study Clean Air: Law, Policy, and Practice Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute December 2-4, 2009 Washington, D.C. PLANNING CHAIRS Peter Hsiao, Esquire Morrison & Foerster LLP Suite West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA Jonathan Martel, Esquire Arnold & Porter LLP Thurman Arnold Building 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC Kathryn B. Thomson, Esquire Counselor to the Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation W New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC KEYNOTE SPEAKER Carol M. Browner, Esquire (invited) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy Executive Office of the President Washington, DC FACULTY Kevin P. Auerbacher, Esquire (invited) Deputy Attorney General Section Chief Evironmental Enforcement & Homeland Security Section, Division of Law Office of the Attorney General State of New Jersey P.O. Box Market Street Trenton, NJ Mr. S. William Becker Executive Director National Association of Clean Air Agencies Suite North Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC David Bookbinder, Esquire Chief Climate Counsel Sierra Club 408 C Street, NE Washington, DC xiii

8 CR033 Jason Bordoff, Esquire (invited) Associate Director for Climate Change Council on Environmental Quality 730 Jackson Place Washington, DC Phillip Brooks, Esquire Counsel to the Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 7754 Washington, DC F. William Brownell, Esquire Hunton & Williams LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC Dallas Burtraw, Esquire Senior Fellow Resources for the Future 1616 P Street NW Washington, DC Mr. Mike Catanzaro Deputy Staff Director, Minority Staff U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 456 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC Professor Michael B. Gerrard Director, Center for Climate Change Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY Eric O. Ginsburg, Esquire Senior Program Advisor Sector Policies and Programs Division Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code: D Research Triangle Park, NC Andrew D. Goldsmith, Esquire Acting Chief, Environmental Crimes Section Environmental and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice L'Enfant Plaza Station P.O. Box Washington, DC Chuck Knauss, Esquire Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K Street NW Washington, DC Thomas A. Lorenzen, Esquire Assistant Chief Environmental Defense Section Environmental and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box Washington, DC Pamela J. Mazakas, Esquire Associate Director Air Enforcement Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2242A Ariel Rios Building Room Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC Sam Napoliatano, Esquire Director, Clean Air Markets Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC William K. Rawson, Esquire Latham & Watkins LLP Suite Eleventh Street, NW Washington, DC xiv

9 CR033 Daniel Riesel, Esquire Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 10th Floor 460 Park Avenue New York, NY Robert Rosenthal, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York State Attorney General's Office The Capitol Albany, NY Eric V. Schaeffer, Esquire Executive Director Environmental Integrity Project Suite L Street, NW Washington, DC Lorie Schmidt, Esquire Senior Counsel, Environment and Energy Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC Andrew W. Shoyer, Esquire Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC Bryon F. Taylor, Esquire Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Chicago, IL Patrick D. Traylor, Esquire Hogan & Hartson LLP th Street, NW Washington, DC John D. Walke, Esquire Director, Clean Air Program Natural Resources Defense Council Suite New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC Lydia Wegman, Esquire Director, Health and Environmental Impacts Division Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 109 T. W. Alexandria Drive Research Triangle Park, NC William L. Wehrum, Esquire Hunton & Williams LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC Mr. Daniel J. Weiss Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Srategy Center for American Progress 10th Floor 1333 H Street NW Washington, DC Ms. Anna Marie Wood Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Room 5442, ARN MC6103A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC NOTE: Please go to for biographical information about this faculty. xv

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