Member Pipeline - Legal - Alert (Leg02-11)
| To: | Members & Affiliates, Legal Affairs Committee |
| From: | National Office |
| Date: | September 17, 2002 |
| Subject: | AMSA 2002 LAW SEMINAR |
| Reference: | Legal Alert 02-11 |
| Attachments: | - Registration
Form (PDF), also available
Online Registration - Agenda (PDF) - Registration Information |
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DEVELOPMENTS IN CLEAN WATER LAW —
A Seminar for Public Agency Attorneys & Managers
November 6-8, 2002
Westin Tabor Center
Denver, Colorado
2002 Law Seminar A “Must Attend” for Key Public Agency
Staff
The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) is
pleased to present the 2002 Developments in Clean Water Law Seminar. The
Law Seminar will take place at the Westin Tabor Center in beautiful “mile
high” Denver, Colorado from November 6-8. Registration information and a Seminar
agenda are attached for your information and review.
Law Seminar Offers Practical Advice on Important Water
Issues
The annual AMSA Law Seminar has become the premiere forum
for public agency attorneys and managers to hear latest thinking from lawyers,
engineers, and other agency leaders on how key Clean Water Act (CWA) legal and
policy developments impact their work. This year’s agenda includes speakers on
top water issues, including total maximum daily loads, combined and sanitary
sewer overflows, and stormwater. A CWA enforcement roundtable will bring
together attorneys from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a
leading national activist group, and a local citizens coalition, to discuss how
these entities set enforcement priorities and decide to bring legal action.
Other panels will go in depth on legal and policy developments in the areas of
biosolids, antidegradation, and pretreatment. Discussions also are planned on
CWA permitting trends and pivotal, new CWA cases.
Special Session on the Intersection of Law and Science:
WET Testing
This year’s Seminar dedicates an afternoon session to the
important topic of whole effluent toxicity (WET). Shortly after AMSA’s
Seminar, EPA is expected to finalize over 15 WET test methods for measuring
the acute and short-term chronic toxicity of effluents and receiving waters to
freshwater, marine, and estuarine organisms. Implementation of these new methods
will raise complex legal and technical questions for wastewater agencies. Given
that WET test violations can lead to civil and criminal penalties, it is
critical that agency attorneys and laboratory personnel understand and discuss
WET issues with one another. In this session, Law Seminar attendees will
join with individuals attending AMSA’s concurrent technical meeting, Whole
Effluent Toxicity . . . What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, creating a unique
forum for lawyers and technical professionals to improve their understanding of
WET compliance issues, and to discuss techniques to protect their agencies in
the enforcement arena.
CLE Credits – Including Ethics – Available
Individuals attending the Law Seminar are eligible to
receive Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. AMSA has applied for CLE
credit in California, Colorado, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, and Virginia. Attendees from other states should be able to receive
CLE credit through reciprocity. The number of CLE credits awarded for attendance
varies by state. Building on last year’s favorable reviews, AMSA again is
including a legal ethics session. This year, Professor Stephen L. Pepper of the
University of Denver College of Law will lead us in a lively discussion of legal
ethics for public agency attorneys using hypothetical fact patterns. CLE credit
approval details will be posted on AMSA’s website.
Ensure Your Participation — Register Today!
Make plans now to attend this important conference by completing
the attached registration form. Contact the Westin Tabor Center at 800/228-3000
to ensure the special AMSA conference rate of $159. Please keep the following
deadlines in mind as you make your plans:
October 7, 2002 Hotel Reservation Deadline to Receive Conference Rate
October 25, 2002 Advance Law Seminar Registration Deadline
Watch your mail for the printed program and visit AMSA's web site for the latest conference information and online registration — http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org. Please don’t hesitate to contact AMSA’s National Office if you have any questions about the 2002 Law Seminar, 202/833 AMSA or info@amsa-cleanwater.org.
We look forward to seeing you in Denver!