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DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) 30thANNUAL TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERCONFERENCE "A Texas State o f M ind" Thursday-Friday, August 2-3, 2018 Four Seasons Hotel Thursday, August 2, 2018 8:00-8:35 REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - "Armadillo World Headquarters " 8:35 - 9:00 OPENING REMARKS - "Waltz Across Texas " Jeff Civins, Texas Environmental Superconference Rebecca Skiba, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas Kevin Smith, Air & Waste Management Association, Southwest Section Julie Nahrgang, Water Environment Association of Texas Mike McClellan, Texas Association of Environmental Professionals Michael Byington, The Environmental Health and Safety Audit Center of the IIA Danny Worrell, ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources Bruce Fogerty, Earth Day Texas *** Moderator: Peter Gregg, DuBois, Bryant & Campbell L.L.P. 9:00 - 9:30 CASE LAW UPDATE - "Best Little Court House in Texas " Tobias Smith, Clark Hill Strasburger 9:30 - 10:15 SB 709 and Contested Case Hearings - "Ifyou 're going to play in Texas" Lisa Dyar, Winstead Booker Harrison, TCEQ 10:15 - 10:30 BREAK - sponsored by Colder Associates Moderator: Danny Worrell, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 10:30 - 11:00 AIR QUALITY - "The Skies o f Texas " Bill Wehrum, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, EPA DC 11:00- 12:00 AIR QUALITY PANEL - "The Bluest Skies in Texas " Megan Berge, Baker Boris Terry Salem, TCEQ Ilan Levin, Environmental Integrity Project 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00001 12:00-1:15 LUNCH - sponsored by ERM DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) Moderator: Laura Whiting, Foley & Lardner LLP 1:15 - 1:45 EPA HEADQUARTERS - "All the Way to Texas" Matt Leopold, EPA HQ 1:45-2:30 EPA - TCEQ - "D on't Fence Me In " Anne Idsal, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6 Bryan Shaw, Chair, TCEQ 2:30-3:15 CLIMATE CHANGE - "Galveston O 'Galveston " Allison Wood, Hunton Andrews Kurth Matt Morrison, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 3:15-3:30 BREAK - sponsored by Geosyntec ### Moderator: Shelley Doggett, Office of the Texas Attorney General 3:30-4:30 INVERSE CONDEMNATION/TAKINGS - "Come and Take I t" Ken Cross, Office of the Texas Attorney General Drew Miller, Kemp Smith Jose de la Fuente, Lloyd Gosselink 4:30-5:15 EMERGING CONTAMINANTS - "Whiskey River" Sarah Wightman, Marten Law Janet Anderson, Integral Consulting 5:15-6:00 RECEPTION "Big Bend" --sponsored by Ensafe 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00002 Friday, August 3, 2018 DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) 8:00 - 8:30 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - "Armadillo by Morning" 8:30 - 10:00 30 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION - 1988-2018 "Remember the Alamo " A discussion of substantive and administrative changes and predictions for the future Moderator: ### Cindy Smiley, Smiley Law Firm John Cruden, Beveridge & Diamond, PC Pam Giblin, Baker Botts Kinnan Golemon, KG Strategies, LLC Jim Blackburn, Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law, Rice University Paul Seals, Guida Slavich 10:00 - 10:15 BREAK - sponsored by Ramboll Moderator: Cindy Bishop, C Bishop Law PC 10:15 - 10:45 VOLKSWAGEN'S ERRORS OF EMISSION--GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD "Texas in My Rear View Mirror " Joshua Roseman, Jones Day 10:45 - 11:45 HOT ISSUES IN THE OIL PATCH - "Texas Tea " Taylor Holcomb, Vinson & Elkins Mary Mendoza, Haynes and Boone, LLP Sue Snyder, COO, Enviro Water Minerals Company 11:45 --1:00 LUNCH --co-sponsored by Terracon and Exponent 1:00 - 1:15 SBOT ENRLS Meeting - "Keep Austin Weird" Moderator: Phillip Goodwin, Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston 1:15 - 1:45 STATE ENFORCEMENT AND COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM "What I Like About Texas " Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General [not confirmed] 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00003 DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) 1:45 - 2:15 SUPERFUND UPDATE - "Back to the Basics o fLove (Canal) " Steve Cook, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management, EPA DC 2:15 - 3:30 ETHICS - "Does Ethics Ever Cross Your Mind " Consultant-Attorney Interface --Debra Baker, Baker Wotring Transactional Ethics Concerns --Tim Wilkins, Bracewell Corporate Social Responsibility -David Lear, Executive Director of Sustainability, Dell Inc. The Mickey Leiand Internship Program - Giving Forward --Debbra Mamula, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Lt. Governor 3:30 ADJOURN--"On the Road Again " SUNDAES--sponsored by LCA Environmental 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00004 DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) Wednesday Program, August 1, 2018 THE ENVIRONMENTAL FORECAST FOR POST-HARVEY TEXAS "Deep In The H eart o f Texas " Sponsored by Langan 6:00 -6 :0 5 PM 6:05-6:30 PM 6:30 -7:15 PM 7:15- 8:00 PM OPENING REMARKS Carolyn Ahrens, Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin HURRICANE HARVEY: A LOOK BACK Jeff Lindner, Harris County Flood Control District PANEL ONE: WEATHERING THE STORM MANAGING IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS Moderator: Phillip Goodwin, Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston APORT IN THE STORM Sarah Garza, Director of Environmental Planning and Compliance of the Port of Corpus Christi STATE OVERSIGHT DURING DISASTER EVENTS Kelly Keel Linden, Coastal and East Texas Director, TCEQ DISRUPTION AT SUPERFUND AND RCRA FACILITIES Constance Westfall, Clark Hill Strasburger PANEL TWO: THE WINDS OF CHANGE -- NAVIGATING THE NEW NORMAL Moderator: Lydia Gonzalez Gromatzky, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP CHARTING THE PATH FORWARD TO RESILIENCY Kim Mickelson, Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Houston RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURABILITY AFTER HARVEY Mark Lawless, McGuire Woods BEST PRACTICES FOR FACILITY PREPAREDNESS AND RISK MITIGATION Anthony B. Cavender, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00005 Information DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) CLE: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 11.75 credit hours, of which 2 credit hour(s) will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit. This program has also been certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for continuing legal education requirements for attorneys and legal assistants in the following specialty fields, for___hours each: Administrative Law; Civil Trial Law; Civil Appellate Law; Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; and Real Estate. PARKING: Conference attendees receive a discounted self-parking rate of $16/day in the Four Seasons Hotel garage, but parking is very limited. Information on parking alternatives can be found at http://www.texenrls.org. Overnight parking for hotel guests is an additional charge. DRESS: Casual (It's Austin!) HOTEL: A limited block of rooms has been reserved at the Four Seasons Hotel at a special group rate of $249/night for a city view or $289/night for lake view. Rates are effective through the weekend. Reservations must be made no later than_______________, 2018, but in past years the room block has sold out well in advance of this date. Once the room block is filled, the rate will be higher. For reservations and to request these special rates, please contact the hotel directly by phone at 512.685.8100 or online at www.fourseasons.com, using as a code:___________________ Four Seasons Hotel 98 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, Texas 78701 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00006 Jeff Civins, Chair Haynes and Boone, LLP Carolyn Ahrens Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin Debra Tsuchiyama Baker Baker Wotring LLP Cindy Bishop C Bishop Law PC Carrick Brooke-Davidson Guida, Slavich & Flores, P C. Anthony Cavender Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shelly M. Doggett Office of the Attorney General Lisa Dyar Winstead PC Phillip Goodwin City of Houston Peter Gregg DuBois, Bryant & Campbell LLP DRAFT (Revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) 2018 Planning Committee Lydia Gonzlez Gromatzky Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Booker Harrison TCEQ Jeff Hembree AT&T Tucker Henson EPA Region 6 David Klein Lloyd Gosselink Edward Lewis Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Amoldo Medina Valero Mary Mendoza Haynes and Boone, LLP Tammy Mitchell TCEQ Bryan Moore Beveridge & Diamond, PC Jim Morriss Thompson & Knight Steve Morton K&L Gates LLP Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas Michael Nasi Jackson Walker, L.L.P. Jeffrey Saitas Saitas and Seales Paul Seals Guida, Slavich & Flores Rebecca Skiba Marathon Oil Company Cindy Smiley Smiley Law Firm, P C. Christopher Smith Thompson & Knight LLP Constance Westfall Clark Hill Strasburger Timothy Wilkins Bracewell LLP Danny Worrell Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 4842- 7292-1441 v.l Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00007 DRAFT (revised: 5/21/2018 1:37 PM) SUPERCONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration is online at http://www.texenrls.org Payment may be made by credit card online or by check, payable to State Bar of Texas - Texas Environmental Superconference. If paying by check, you must first register online and select "pay by check" option and follow the directions on the website for mailing in a payment. Check payments must be received by July 13, 2018 or your registration will be cancelled. All online registrants will receive a confirmation email. Please bring the confirmation email with you to the conference. If you do not receive an email within 24 hours of online registration, please contact Superconference as you may not be registered. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Register early! Don't be left out! Registration is limited to 500 attendees and is on a first come first served basis. Registration received after July 13, 2018, if still open, will be an additional $35.00 CANCELLATION POLICY: Registrants will receive a full refund if cancellation notice is received by July 13, 2018. After this date, a $150 cancellation fee will be assessed. Cancellations after July 24, 2018 will not receive a refund, but you may substitute an attendee by notifying Superconference prior to August 1, 2018. REGISTRATION OPTIONS: All Registrants will receive meals, as noted on program, and an electronic version of the course materials. Registrants may opt for printed materials as well - at an extra charge of $___. Non-Government without printed course materials $ 530.00 Government without printed course materials $ 220.00 Full time Student without printed course materials $ 135.00 For those not attending but who wish to purchase course materials, course materials can be purchased for $ 175.00. If you have any questions, please contact: The Superconference at 512.867.8507 or superconferenee@haynesboone.com For further information concerning the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, please visit: http ://www.texenrls.org THE SUPERCONFERENCE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY WALK-IN OR ONSITE REGISTRATIONS - PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE. REGISTER NOW! Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00182119-00008