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 25 21 RCRA Hypothetical 28 Presentation Slides 29 3. Clean Water Act Overview 35 By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Study Outline 37 Summary of 2008-2009 Key Clean Water Act Cases 41 Helpful Water Quality Links 54 4. 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 1 61 67 95 167 179 201 229
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 245 279 295 14. Wetlands Law in 2009 Still In Flux 309 By Margaret N. Strand Study Outline 311 Presentation Slides 335 15. Legal Authorities for Ecosystem-Based Management in U.S. Coastal and Ocean Areas By Patrick A. Parenteau, Donald C. Baur, and Jennifer L. Schorr 343 16. 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 421 429 447 477 20. Terms of Environment: Abbreviations and Acronyms 483 21. 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 547 573 593 629 653 671 683 701 717
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 729 733 751 779 827 859 893 913 ix
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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, 2009 5:00-8:00 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, 2009 8:00 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
Friday, February 6, 2009 8:00 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
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 10022 Daniel Riesel, Esquire Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 10th Floor 460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 FACULTY Ari Altman, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Donald C. Baur, Esquire Perkins Coie LLP 607 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 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 20044 Edward A. Boling, Esquire General Counsel Council on Environmental Quality 722 Jackson Place, NW Washington, DC 20503 William M. Cohen, Esquire Perkins Coie LLP 607 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 John C. Cruden, Esquire Deputy Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice Room 2143 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Michael C. Davis, Esquire Venable LLP 575 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Robert G. Dreher, Esquire Vice President for Conservation Law and General Counsel Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 xiii
Dean Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Assistant Dean of Environmental Programs and Adjunct Professor of Law Pace University School of Law Preston Hall 214 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 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 05068 Amy L. Edwards, Esquire Holland & Knight LLP Suite 100 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Ms. Juliet Eilperin Staff Writer Washington Post 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071 E. Donald Elliott, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Richard Jay "Tad" Ferris, Jr., Esquire Holland & Knight LLP Suite 100 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Professor Michael B. Gerrard Director, Center Climate Change Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 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 20510 Paul E. Hagen, Esquire Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Suite 700 1350 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 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 94102 Ms. Sarah L. Lukie Managing Director, Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs, Food and Agriculture Biotechnology Industry Organization Suite 900 1201 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20024 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 20460 Walter E. Mugdan, Esquire Director, Emergency & Remedial Response Division, Region 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 290 Broadway New York, NY 10007 xiv
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 20460 Vickie L. Patton, Esquire Deputy General Counsel Environmental Defense Fund 2334 North Broadway Boulder, CO 80304 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 21201 Steven P. Quarles, Esquire Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Christopher Rizzo, Esquire Litigation Department and Environmental Practice Group Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP 2 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 Scott E. Schang, Esquire Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Law Reporter, and Vice President, Publications and Associates Environmental Law Institute Suite 620 2000 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Margaret N. Strand, Esquire Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Mary Anne Sullivan, Esquire Hogan & Hartson LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Lucinda Low Swartz, Esquire Environmental Consultant 4112 Franklin Street Kensington, MD 20895 Andrew Wheeler, Esquire Senior Vice President B&D Consulting Suite 400 1050 K Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Kathy Robb, Esquire Hunton & Williams LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 xv
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