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Course ID: 15180 | Course Duration: 1 Day
 
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Environmental Law From A to Z Training Class

Course ID: 15180
 
 
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Environmental Law From A to Z Training Seminar

Help Clients Navigate the Complexities of Environmental Law

When you're handling environmental issues, you're crossing over into territory that can be fraught with emotions for landowners and covered in red tape for developers and government officials. It's a complex area that doesn't always have clear-cut answers. The best you can do to reach an acceptable solution is to hone your knowledge of the law to as fine a point as possible. Only then can you implement practical solutions that address everyone's rights and interests. At this timely seminar, you'll gain a thorough introduction to and intensive instruction on foundational and evolving issues in environmental law.

  • Help clients avoid penalties and lawsuits by keeping them in compliance with major environmental laws.
  • Advise clients of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to competing uses for water resources.
  • Help clients recover money spent on environmental cleanup using cost recovery techniques.
  • Ensure that your clients avoid inheriting costly clean up after a real estate deal.
  • Keep construction projects on track - and in compliance with environmental regulations.
  • Avoid unnecessary penalties by identifying the various types of hazardous waste and proper disposal regulations.
  • Be your clients' primary resource for answers to their environmental law questions.
  • Expand your expertise on air quality questions, water rights and hazardous waste laws.
  • Understand the order of precedence within local, state and federal laws.
  • Keep your knowledge up to date with an understanding of current environmental regulations.
  • Increase your client base by ably representing their interests during conflicts over natural resources.
 
     
     
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  1. UPDATE ON MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
    Lisa A. Bail, 8:30 - 9:30
    1. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
    2. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)
    3. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
    4. The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
    5. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
    6. The Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)
    7. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)
  2. HAZARDOUS WASTE AND HOW IT IS REGULATED
    Kenton L. Beal, 9:30 - 10:30
    1. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
    2. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
    3. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
    4. Types of Waste and Proper Disposal Methods
      1. Underground Storage Tanks
      2. Solid Waste
      3. Hazardous Waste
      4. Infectious Waste
      5. Asbestos
    5. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)
  3. AIR PERMITS, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT
    Lisa Woods Munger, 10:45 - 11:45
    1. Overview of the Clean Air Act and Permitting Program
    2. Which Activities Legally Require Permitting and What Type of Permit is Needed
    3. Noise Control
    4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation
  4. HOT TOPICS IN ENFORCEMENT
    Lisa A. Bail, 12:45 - 1:45
    1. The Interplay of Federal and State Environmental Regulation and Enforcement
    2. EPA Enforcement Initiatives
    3. State Enforcement Initiatives
  5. MAJOR ISSUES IN WATER USE AND POLLUTION
    Lisa A. Bail, 1:45 - 2:30
    1. The Clean Water Act (CWA)
    2. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    3. Groundwater Use and Pollution
    4. Surface Water Quality
    5. Wetlands, the Rapanos Decision and Section 404 ( b )( 1 ) of CWA
    6. Storm Water Management
    7. Shorelands
    8. Floodplain Regulations
    9. How to Resolve Conflicts Over Competing Uses of the Same Water
  6. ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION AND FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
    Silas R. DeRoma, 2:45 - 3:40
    1. Civil Enforcement and Governmental and Private Claims Under Environmental Laws
    2. Settlement Issues
    3. Private Litigation
    4. Corporate Liability
    5. Cost Recovery (Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc.)
    6. Natural Disasters
    7. Natural Resource Damage Claims
    8. Insurance Coverage Issues
    9. Hazardous Substance Contamination Claims in Bankruptcy
  7. REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSACTION ISSUES
    Randy Herold, 3:40 - 4:40
    1. Site Assessments
    2. Brownfields Redevelopment
    3. Regulatory Takings Post-Kelo
    4. Residential Property Transactions
    5. Commercial Property Transactions
    6. Environmental Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions
 
     
     
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This basic-to-intermediate level seminar is designed to help attorneys tame the tangle of environmental regulations and laws - and apply them to their everyday practice of the law. Real estate developers, engineers and others involved in environmental compliance will also find this information beneficial.

 
     
     
 
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