ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institution February 3-5, 2010 Washington, D.C. PROGRAM FACULTY PARTICIPANTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page xi xiii STUDY MATERIALS 1. 2009: A Year of Significant Clean Air Developments on all Fronts 1 By Mary Beth Houlihan, Ari G. Altman, Johanna M. Hickman, and Kevin J. Klesh Table of Contents 3 Study Material 5 2. The Clean Water Act 31 By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Presentation Slides 33 Summary of 2009 Key Clean Water Act Cases 45 Helpful Clean Water Act Links 52 3. The Endangered Species Act 59 By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Presentation Slides 61 Summary of 2009 Key Endangered Species Act Cases 69 Helpful Endangered Species Act Links 75 4. CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA By James M. Stuhltrager 5. CERCLA/RCRA Update: The 107/113 Debate Act III, Scene I By Robert D. Fox 6. Superfund Update By Walter E. Mugdan 7. Cleanup & Liability: Fundamental Issues in Hazardous Materials 117 Litigation By Daniel Riesel and Ashley S. Miller Table of Contents 119 Study Material 121 8. Citizen Suits and Defenses Against Them By James R. May 9. Global Climate Change: Legal Summary By Michael B. Gerrard and J. Cullen Howe vii 79 93 101 219 259
10. Key Water Law Developments: Judicial, Regulatory and Policy Trends By Karen M. Hansen 11. Clean Water Act Developments, 2009-2010 By Oliver A. Houck 309 321 12. TSCA Reform: Evolving Chemical Management Developments 339 By Lynn L. Bergeson Presentation Slides 341 2010 Predictions 348 EPA Announces Action Plans for Existing Chemicals 362 13. The Nature of the Administrative Record By William M. Cohen 14. NEPA in the Courts 397 By William M. Cohen Table of Contents 398 Study Material 401 15. Presidential Proclamation on the 40th Anniversary of the National Environmental Policy Act Submitted by William M. Cohen 16. NEPA and Environmental Justice 477 By B. Suzi Ruhl Study Material 479 Environmental Justice: Guidance Under the National Environmental Policy Act 482 Final Guidance for Incorporating Environmental Justice Concerns in EPA s NEPA Compliance Analyses, April 1998 522 17. The Road from Copenhagen - Next Steps on Climate Change 599 By Paul E. Hagen Presentation Slides 601 Copenhagen Accord 603 18. Terms of Environment: Abbreviations and Acronyms 609 373 473 19. The Clean Air Act: A Roadmap (handout) By Ari Altman 20. Legal Ethics and the Environmental Lawyer (handout) By Pamela R. Esterman 21. The Congressional Debate on Climate Change Policy (handout) By Manik Roy 22. EPA Actions Under Clean Air Act to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (handout) By Michael B. Gerrard 23. Supreme Court Roundup (Review OT 08/Preview OT 09)(handout) By Richard J. Lazarus 685 699 729 743 747 viii
24. National Environmental Policy Act: History, Purposes and Trajectory in Its 40th Year (handout) By Edward A. Boling 25. Climate Change Under NEPA (handout) By Robert G. Dreher 26. Letter from Senators Inhofe and Barrasso to Nancy Sutley (Oct. 22, 2009)(handout) Submitted by Robert G. Dreher 27. Letter from American Rivers et al. to Nancy Sutley (Dec. 17, 2009)(handout) Submitted by Robert G. Dreher 28. Letter from Nancy Sutley to Senators Inhofe and Barrasso (Dec. 29, 2009)(handout) Submitted by Robert G. Dreher 29. NEPA and Environmental Justice (handout) By B. Suzi Ruhl 30. Endangered Species Act and Renewable Energy Development on Public Lands (handout) By Steve Black and Neal Kemkar 31. Endangered Species Act Implementation Issues in 2010: Focused on Whether and How the ESA Addresses Climate Change (handout) By Steven P. Quarles 32. Citizen Suits and Defenses Against Them (handout) By James R. May 33. EPA Civil Enforcement Priorities (handout) By John Fogarty 34. EPA and the D.C. Circuit: A Loss of Credibility? (handout) By E. Donald Elliott 35. The Why and What of TSCA Reform (handout) By Richard A. Denison 36. The Road from Copenhagen: Through the Senate (handout) By David Gardiner 781 807 817 821 831 837 847 857 885 893 913 923 933 ix
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ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institution Wednesday, February 3, 2010 5:30-8:00 p.m. Early Registration February 3-5, 2010 Washington, D.C. PROGRAM WEBCAST SEGMENT A OPTIONAL INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 6:00 p.m. The Clean Air Act Mr. Altman 6:45 p.m. Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act Professor Dunn 7:30 p.m. Networking Break 7:45 p.m. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Mr. Stuhltrager 8:30 p.m. Adjournment for the Day Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:40 a.m. Introductory Remarks ALI-ABA Staff WEBCAST SEGMENT B 8:45 a.m. Course Overview Ms. Esterman and Mr. Riesel 9:00 a.m. Congressional Developments Ms. Carothers, Mr. Hassenboehler, and Dr. Roy 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address Mr. Fulton 10:45 a.m. Networking Break 11:00 a.m. CERCLA/RCRA Developments Messrs. Fox, Mugdan, and Riesel 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT C 1:30 p.m. Endangered Species Act and Public Lands Developments Messrs. Black and Quarles 2:30 p.m. Enforcement Initiatives and Citizen Suits Messrs. Kushner and Riesel and Professor May 3:15 p.m. Networking Break 3:30 p.m. Clean Air Act Developments Messrs. Elliott and Walke and Professor Gerrard 4:45 p.m. Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty; END OF WEBCAST SEGMENT C xi
6:00 p.m. Optional Evening Lecture: Global Environmental Law Professor Percival [NOT WEBCAST OR RECORDED] 7:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day Friday, February 5, 2010 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast WEBCAST SEGMENT D 8:00 a.m. Ethical Issues for the Environmental Law Practitioner Mss. Berlowe and Esterman 9:00 a.m. Clean Water Act Developments Ms. Hansen, Professor Houck, and Mr. Neugeboren 10:15 a.m. Networking Break 10:30 a.m. Supreme Court Roundup Professor Lazarus 11:15 a.m. TSCA Reform: Evolving Chemical Management Developments Ms. Bergeson, Dr. Denison, and Mr. Owens 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break WEBCAST SEGMENT E 1:45 p.m. NEPA and Environmental Justice Messrs. Boling, Cohen, and Dreher and Ms. Ruhl 3:00 p.m. The Road from Copenhagen Next Steps on Climate Change Mss. Biniaz, Haverkamp, and Taylor and Messrs. Gardiner and Hagen 4:15 p.m. Adjournment Total 60-minute hours of instruction (including optional lectures): 16.25, including one hour of ethics xii
ALI-ABA Course of Study Environmental Law Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and The Smithsonian Institution February 3-5, 2010 Washington, D.C. PLANNING CHAIRS (also on faculty) 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 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Scott C. Fulton, Esquire General Counsel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building Mail Code 1102A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 FACULTY Ari Altman, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Lynn L. Bergeson, Esquire Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Suite 300 1203 Nineteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 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 xiii
Susan Biniaz, Esquire Deputy Legal Advisor Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs U.S. Department of State Office of the Legal Adviser L/OES Room 6420 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Steve Black, Esquire Counselor to the Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240 Edward A. Boling, Esquire Senior Counsel for Environmental Policy and Public Information Council on Environmental Quality 722 Jackson Place, NW Washington, DC 20503 Leslie A. Carothers, Esquire President Environmental Law Institute Suite 620 2000 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 William M. Cohen, Esquire Perkins Coie LLP 607 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 202/434-1618 wcohen@perkinscoie.com Richard A. Denison, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Environmental Defense Fund 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 Robert G. Dreher, Esquire Vice President for Conservation Law and Climate Change Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Dean Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Assistant Dean of Environmental Law Programs, Adjunct Professor of Law, Center for Environmental Legal Studies Pace University School of Law Preston Hall 214 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 E. Donald Elliott, Esquire Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Robert D. Fox, Esquire Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP Suite 500 401 City Avenue Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 David Gardiner, Esquire Principal and President David Gardiner & Associates, LLC Suite #210 910 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Professor Michael B. Gerrard Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Center for Climate Change Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 Paul E. Hagen, Esquire Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Suite 700 1350 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 xiv
Karen M. Hansen, Esquire Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Suite 700 1350 I Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Thomas Hassenboehler, Esquire Counsel, Committee on Environment and Public Works U.S. Senate 564 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Jennifer A. Haverkamp, Esquire Managing Director for International Policy and Negotiations Environmental Defense Fund 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20009 Professor Oliver A. Houck Tulane University Law School Weinmann Hall, Room 255-C 6329 Freret Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Adam M. Kushner, Esquire Director, Office of Civil Enforcement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2242A Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Professor Richard J. Lazarus Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 Professor James R. May H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law, Professor of Graduate Engineering (Adjunct), Associate Director, Environmental Law Center Widener University School of Law 4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803 Walter E. Mugdan, Esquire Director Emergency and Remedial Response Division Region 2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 290 Broadway New York, NY 10007 Steven M. Neugeboren, Esquire Federal Government Attorney Washington, DC 20460 Stephen A. (Steve) Owens, Esquire Assistant Administrator Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 7101M 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 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 xv
Manik Roy, Ph.D. Vice President, Federal Government Change Pew Center on Global Climate Change Suite 550 2101 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 B. Suzi Ruhl, Esquire Senior Attorney Advisor Office of Environmental Justice U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Alison L. Taylor, Esquire Vice President-Sustainability, Americas Siemens Corporation Suite 1100 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 John D. Walke, Esquire Senior Attorney and Director Clean Air Project Natural Resources Defense Council Suite 400 1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Mr. James M. Stuhltrager Office of Counsel U.S. Army Installation Management Command Environmental Law Branch 5179 Hoadley Road Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010 NOTE: Please go to www.ali-aba.org/cr025 for biographical information on this faculty. xvi