Fifth Annual Appalachian Basin Oil & Gas Seminar Agenda
Friday, April 27, 2012
Timings and presenters of the sessions are subject to change without notice.
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome/Introduction
Michael G. Zanic – Practice Area Leader – Energy,
Infrastructure, and Resources, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
Louis D. D’Amico – President & Executive Director,
Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association
Kathryn Klaber – President, Marcellus Shale Coalition
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
From the Regulators’ Chair: A Three State
Perspective
Craig P. Wilson – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 Moderator
Hon. Michael Krancer – Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection
Hon. Scott J. Nally – Director, Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency
Hon. Randy C. Huffman – Secretary, West Virginia Department
of Environmental Protection
Thank you to our sponsors:
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
A Conversation with the Utility Commission Chairs
Terrence J. Murphy – Government Affairs Counselor,
K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Moderator
Hon. Robert F. Powelson – Chairman, Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission
Hon. Todd Snitchler – Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
E&P Regulatory Issues: What’s Next?
David R. Overstreet – Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Recent Developments in Air Regulation – The View from
Pennsylvania and Ohio
John P. Englert – Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Wastewater Management & Recycling: Effect of the
Youngstown Earthquakes on Disposal and Recycling of
Produced Water
George A. Bibikos – Associate, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 ESCGP-2 and Lessons from Hollywood: The Sequel is Never
Quite as Good as the Original
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Midstream Operations: Breaking the Bottleneck
Daniel P. Delaney – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 The Pennsylvania Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Act
Pierce Richardson – Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Midstream Operations: Navigating Municipal Regulation
Christopher R. Nestor – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 Streams & Wetlands
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
The View from Three Capitols
Walter A. Bunt, Jr. – Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Moderator
Peter A. Gleason – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 View from the Pennsylvania Capitol: Will Act 13 Survive
the Increasing Attacks from Anti-Shale Activists?
Phil Reale – Attorney and Government Relations Consultant,
Philip A. Reale, PLLC (Charleston, WV)
 View from Charleston, WV
Jim Samuel – Principal/Founder, Capitol Integrity Group, Ltd.
(Columbus, OH)
 Ohio’s 21st Century Energy Policy
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
The Courts: Recent Developments and Looming
Challenges
Mark D. Feczko – Partner, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh
 Bonus Payments and Royalties
Anthony R. Holtzman – Associate, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 Water Well Contamination
Amy L. Groff – Associate, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 Avoiding Lease Termination
David R. Fine – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 The Evolution of Marcellus Shale Litigation in Pennsylvania:
What’s Past is Prologue
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Federal Activism: Policies & Enforcement in an
Election Year and Beyond
Cliff L. Rothenstein – Government Affairs Advisor, K&L Gates,
Washington, D.C.
 Hydraulic Fracturing and the EPA
Carl Fink – Partner, K&L Gates, Portland
 Exporting Natural Gas – Conditional Approvals and Election
Year Politics
R. Timothy Weston – Partner, K&L Gates, Harrisburg
 The Other Sheriff in Town – EPA’s Energy Extraction Industry
Enforcement Initiative
4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Allegheny Room