Environmental Law – A Primer for New Energy Attorneys
This primer will provide an overview of environmental law, principally at the federal level. The course begins with a brief overview of the purpose of environmental law and regulation, and the interplay of federal, state and local laws. Our faculty will then provide an overview of the key federal environmental laws and their impact on the energy industry. The laws addressed will include the major statutes (National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.). For each, the faculty will address who regulates, who is regulated, what is regulated, and how it is regulated. The course will then explain environmental law practice before the relevant agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, including the rulemaking process and judicial review of the rules and other final agency actions, citizen suits, and enforcement and related litigation. Finally, we will address environmental law considerations in project development, system operations, and energy transactions (in particular, how environmental law factors into transaction due diligence).
This course is intended for new energy lawyers practicing environmental law and energy transaction lawyers who need an overview of environmental laws and regulations.
CLE pending approval in VA, GA, PA, TX and NY. We expect 6-8 hours of credit.
Noon – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
2:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
J AY M ORRISON , Primer Dean; Vice President, Regulatory Issues, National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
An overview of the purpose of environmental statutes and regulation, with a focus on the interplay of federal, state and local laws and how obligations arise under the various laws.
T HOMAS A.
L ORENZEN , Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
An overview of the key federal and state environmental laws and their impact on the energy industry. In particular, for each major statute, our faculty will address: (i) who regulates, (ii) who is regulated, (iii) what is regulated, and (iv) how it is regulated.

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
K EY STATUTES ADDRESSED INCLUDE :
 National Environmental Policy Act
 Clean Air Act
 Clean Water Act
 Oil Pollution Act
 CERCLA
 RCRA
 Endangered Species Act
 Migratory Bird Protection Act
 And more . . . .
Participants should expect to take away a solid understanding of the various environmental regulatory regimes affecting the energy industry.
T HOMAS A.
L ORENZEN , Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
T ODD S.
M IKOLOP , Senior Attorney, Hunton & Williams LLP
7:30 am – 8:00 am
8:00 am – 8:15 am
8:15 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
J AY M ORRISON , Primer Dean; Vice President, Regulatory Issues, National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
T HOMAS A.
L ORENZEN , Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
T ODD S.
M IKOLOP , Senior Attorney, Hunton & Williams LLP
9:45 am – 11:30 am
Our faculty will address the various avenues through which environmental laws and policies are adopted and made, including:
 Rulemaking processes and judicial review of agency action
 Citizen suits (including “sue and settle”)
 Applicable procedural requirements and substantive standards
Participants will then learn about the various agencies involved in making, implementing and enforcing environmental laws.
Our faculty will finish with a discussion of the enforcement of environmental laws:
 Tools available to agencies and stakeholders to enforce the laws, including judicial proceedings
 Potential penalties for non-compliance
T HOMAS A.
L ORENZEN , Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

11:30 am – 11:45 am
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
T ODD S.
M IKOLOP , Senior Attorney, Hunton & Williams LLP
Our faculty will provide practical guidance for energy law and transactional practitioners, with a focus on:
 Environmental considerations in energy project development (pipelines, electric generation and transmission, etc.), including permitting and public policy issues
 Overview of environmental issues in energy transactions, including due diligence considerations
 Overview of operational considerations at energy facilities, including compliance matters, EMS systems, and incidence response/ reporting
D ANIELLA L ANDERS , Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
J AY M ORRISON , Primer Dean; Vice President, Regulatory Issues, National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
Daniella Landers is a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman
Tom Lorenzen is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the Environment & Natural Resources and Government Affairs groups. Tom works with clients seeking to successfully navigate the federal environmental rulemaking process.
From 2004 until 2013, Tom was an Assistant Chief at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw the federal government’s legal defense of all EPA regulations. He directly litigated or supervised many of the seminal Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act cases of the last two decades, including Massachusetts v. EPA, Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA (decided by the Supreme Court as
UARG v. EPA), EME Homer City Generation v. EPA, and Entergy v. Riverkeeper.
Todd S. Mikolop is a senior attorney at Hunton & Williams. His practice focuses on national environmental and administrative law issues, with a particular emphasis on water and wildlife related issues. Mikolop advises clients on all aspects of environmental and administrative law, including permitting, compliance counseling, participating in rulemaking actions, administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement defense, and litigation.
Jay Morrison is the Vice President of Regulatory Issues at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. He works with a staff of professionals representing NRECA and its members on matters relating to federal and state utility regulation, power supply and delivery. Since joining NRECA in 1998, Morrison has worked extensively on issues relating to wholesale market design, power supply and delivery, industry restructuring, renewable energy, energy efficiency, distributed generation, and the smart grid.

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999 Peachtree St. NE #2300
Atlanta, GA 30309
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