COVID-19’S IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY LAW PRACTICE A DIALOGUE WITH THE USEPA, NYSDEC & NYCDCP

COVID-19’S IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY LAW PRACTICE A DIALOGUE WITH THE USEPA, NYSDEC & NYCDCP

4.17.2020

By Lisa Bataille

Program Date: April 16, 2020

Moderator:

Nicholas M. Ward-Willis, Esq., Keane & Beane, P.C., White Plains, NY

Panelists:

Thomas Berkman, Esq., General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Marla E. Wieder, Esq., Executive Committee, NYSBA, EELS, Assistant Regional Counsel & Regional Criminal Enforcement Counsel United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2

Susan Amron, Esq., General Counsel, New York City Department of City Planning

Program Description: In the first of an expected series of webinars by the Environmental & Energy Law Section on environmental law and the coronavirus, this panel will discuss COVID-19’s impact on the practice of environmental law in New York regarding current legal and logistical issues from the environmental frontlines. Topics explored will include impacts on construction, remediation, office staffing, processing of applications, enforcement discretion, criminal actions, FIFRA, hearings and the Governor’s Executive Orders. Discussion of agency
guidance documents, practice tips and the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists will be provided.

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