Update On Hazardous Waste And Site Remediation Issues

Cost: Members: $85, Non-Members: $120

3.5 CLE Total Credits. 3.0 in Professional Practice (non-transitional) and .5 credit hours in ethics (transitional)

This program will provide comprehensive updates on a wide variety of hazardous waste and site remediation issues,

on both the federal and state level. Panels will focus on key issues in federal Superfund jurisprudence and under state hazardous waste statutes. A panel discussion, including attorneys and experienced technical professionals, will explore the emerging issue of PFOA in drinking water. The program will close with a session on the challenging issue of conflicts of interest at Superfund sites.

 

Program Agenda:

10:00 a.m. Introductions-Program Co-Chairs: 

David J. Freeman, Esq., Gibbons P.C., NYC

Amy L. Reichhart, Esq., Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester

 

10:15 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – CERCLA UPDATE

a. Arranger Liability, b. Divisibility, c. Statutes of Limitation, d. 106 vs. 107 Actions

EPA vs. State Settlements

Speakers: Marla Wieder, Esq. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NYC

Camille Otero, Esq. Gibbons, PC., NYC

Moderator: Matthew J. Sinkman, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York City

 

11:20 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.- NYSDEC UPDATE

a. Title 13 Revisions, b. Soil Vapor, c. Brownfields Program

Speakers: Andrew Guglielmi, Esq., Section A. Chief, Remediation Bureau, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany

Steven C. Russo, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, NYC

Moderator: Melody Scalfone Westfall, Esq., Scalfone Law PLLC, Syracuse

 

12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

The Impact of the 2016 Elections on Federal and State Environmental Agendas

Speaker: Christopher Goeken, Executive Director, New York State Association of Public Broadcasting Stations

(Formerly Director of Public Policy & Government Relations, New York League of Conservation Voters)

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – PFOA in Municipal and Individual Water Supplies

What are the issues, and what are the implications for New York environmental Law and enforcement priorities? 

Speakers: Michael Eberle, TRC Solutions, Philadelphia, PA

Moderator: Amy Kendall, Esq., Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester

 

2:50 p.m. -3:15 p.m. Ethics

Speaker: E. Gail Suchman, Esq., Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, NYC

 

3:15 p.m. Q & A/Conclusion