The Texas Environmental Superconference recognizes its sponsors for their generous support of the
conference and the programs of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section:
SUPPORTER
EARTHx
(formerly Earth Day Texas)
LAW FIRMS
Andrews Kurth Kenyon, LLP • Baker Botts L.L.P. • Baker • Wotring LLP • Balch & Bingham LLP • Beveridge
& Diamond, PC • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP • Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. •
Haynes and Boone, LLP • Jackson Walker, L.L.P • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP • Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle
& Townsend, P.C. • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP • Law Office of
C. William Smalling, PC • Smith & Jolin • Strasburger & Price, LLP • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP •
Thompson & Knight LLP • Vinson & Elkins LLP • Winstead PC
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.
Information
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 $75.
Non-Government without printed course materials...................................................................$530
Government without printed course materials.............................................................................$220
Full time Student without printed course materials..................................................................... $135
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For those not attending but who wish to purchase course materials, course materials can be purchased
for $175.
A limited number of registration scholarships are available for employees of non-profit organizations
with environmental matters as a significant focus. For information, please contact us at
[email protected]
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
The Superconference at 512.867.8507 or [email protected]
For further information about 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!
2017 PLANNING COMMITTEE
Lisa Dyar
Winstead PC
Eric Groten
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Mary Mendoza
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Christopher Smith
Smith Jolin LLP
Carolyn Ahrens
Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin
Bruce Fogerty
EARTHx (formerly Earth Day Texas)
Booker Harrison
TCEQ
Bryan Moore
Beveridge & Diamond, PC
Caroline Sweeney
TCEQ
Debra Tsuchiyama Baker
Baker • Wotring LLP
Pam Giblin
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Jeff Hembree
AT&T
Steve Morton
K&L Gates LLP
Gindi Eckel Vincent
ExxonMobil Corporation
Cindy Bishop
C Bishop Law PC
Phillip Goodwin
City of Houston
Tucker Henson
EPA Region 6
Constance Westfall
Strasburger & Price, LLP
Anthony Cavender
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Paul Gosselink
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle
& Townsend, P.C.
John Jacobi
USDOT, Retired
Julie Nahrgang
Water Environment
Association of Texas
Scott Deatherage
Attorney at Law
Shelly M. Doggett
Office of the Attorney General
Peter Gregg
Dubois, Bryant & Campbell LLP
Lydia González Gromatzky
Andrews Kurth Kenyon, LLP
Edward Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Arnoldo Medina
Valero
Michael Nasi
Jackson Walker, L.L.P.
Jeffrey Saitas
Saitas and Seales
Cindy Smiley
Smiley Law Firm, P.C.
Timothy Wilkins
Bracewell LLP
Danny Worrell
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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STATE BAR OF TEXAS
P.O. Box 12487
Austin, Texas 78711-2487
Jeff Civins, Chair
Haynes and Boone, LLP
David Klein
Lloyd Gosselink
SUPERCONFERENCE
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 14, 2017, if still open, will be an
additional $35.00
CANCELLATION POLICY: Registrants will receive a full refund if cancellation notice is received by July
14, 2017. After this date, a $150 cancellation fee will be assessed. Cancellations after July 25, 2017 will not
receive a refund, but you may substitute an attendee by notifying Superconference prior to August 2, 2017.
Carrick Brooke-Davidson
Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL
Thursday-Friday • August 3-4, 2017 • Four Seasons Hotel • Austin, Texas
CHECK PAYMENTS: Must be received by July 14, 2017 for pre-registration prices, and in any case no
later than July 25, 2017, or your registration is subject to cancellation.
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.
CONSULTANTS
CLE: We have applied to the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE for 11.75 credit hours, of which 1.5 credit
hour will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit. We have applied also to the Texas Board
of Legal Specialization for continuing legal education requirements for attorneys and legal assistants in the
following specialty fields, for 11.5 hours each: Administrative Law; Civil Trial Law; Civil Appellate Law; Oil, Gas
and Mineral Law; and Real Estate Law.
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
$239/night for a city view or $279/night for lake view. Rates are effective through the weekend and subject to
availability at time of booking. Reservations must be made no later than July 12, 2017 and changed/cancelled
prior to July 25, 2017, to avoid mandatory charges. In past years, the room block has sold out well in advance
of our registration 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: TXEN2017
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL: 98 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, Texas 78701
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO. 1804
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Sponsors
29th Annual
Presented By:
State Bar of Texas Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section • Air & Waste Management
Association, Southwest Section • Water Environment Association of Texas • Texas Association of
Environmental Professionals • The Environmental Health and Safety Audit Center • American Bar
Association Section of Environments, Energy & Resources
Supported By: EARTHx (formerly Earth Day Texas)
29th Annual
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERCONFERENCE
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Thursday-Friday • August 3-4, 2017
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Wednesday Evening Program
“Trouble”
Four Seasons Hotel • Austin, Texas
Environmental Enforcement
Sponsored by Langan Engineering
Games Begin
8:00 – 8:35
8:35 – 9:00
REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST—“Scrabble”
OPENING REMARKS—“Say Anything”
Jeff Civins, Texas Environmental Superconference
Arnoldo Medina, 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, EARTHx (formerly Earth Day Texas)
1:15 – 2:30
Moderator: Cindy Smiley, Smiley Law
WATER ISSUES—“Battleship”
Maia Corbitt, Booth, Ahrens, & Werkenthin
Robert Mace, Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board
Sara Thornton, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
2:30 – 3:00
TSCA UPDATE—“Risk”
Cliff Rothenstein, K&L Gates
3:00 – 3:15
BREAK—sponsored by Geosyntec—“Connect 4”
9:00 – 9:30
Moderator: Lisa Dyar, Winstead PC
CASE LAW UPDATE
“Trivial Pursuit”
Katie Bennett Hobson, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
3:15 – 4:15
Moderator: Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Baker Wotring LLP
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE OIL PATCH—“Bingo”
Regulatory – Lee Fuller, Executive Vice President,
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Litigation – Michael Mazzone, Haynes and Boone, LLP
9:30 – 10:00
ESA DEVELOPMENTS—“Mouse Trap”
Brooke Wahlberg, Nossaman LLP
10:00 – 10:15
PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES IN ENFORCEMENT DEFENSE
“Stratego”
Marshall Coover, Texas Star Alliance
4:15 – 5:15
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE
“Chutes and Ladders”
Samia Broadaway, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Thomas W. Smith, Executive Director,
American Society of Civil Engineers
10:15 – 10:30
BREAK—sponsored by Pastor, Behling & Wheeler, LLC
“Tiddly Winks”
5:15 – 6:00
RECEPTION—sponsored by Cirrus—“Twister”
10:30 – 12:00
Moderator: Jeff Saitas, Saitas and Seales
AIR QUALITY—“The Game of Life”
Suzanne Smith, EPA Region 6
Mike Wilson, Director, Air Permits Division, TCEQ
Whitney Swift, Bracewell LLP
Mike Nasi, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Adrian Shelley, Director, Public CitizenTexas
12:00 – 1:15
LUNCH—sponsored by ERM—“Hungry Hungry Hippos”
Friday, August 4, 2017
8:00 – 8:25
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST—“Bananagrams”
8:25 – 8:30
OPENING REMARKS—“Balderdash”
8:30 – 9:00
Moderator: Chris Smith, Smith Jolin LLP
TEXAS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE—“Boggle”
Texas State Representative Drew Darby
9:00 – 9:45
EPA TCEQ RELATIONS—“Jenga”
Sam Coleman, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6
Bryan Shaw, Chairman, TCEQ
9:45 – 10:15
VIEW FROM THE TOP—“Go”
Scott Pruitt , EPA Administrator (pending)
10:15 – 10:30
BREAK—sponsored by Ramboll Environ—“Yahtzee”
10:30 – 12:00
Moderator: Carrick Brooke-Davidson, Guida, Slavich & Flores P.C.
WHAT NOW?—“Clue”
John Cruden, President, American College of Environmental Lawyers
Avi Garbow, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Former EPA General Counsel
John Walke, Director, Clean Air Project, NRDC
Stephanie Bergeron Perdue, Deputy Executive Director, TCEQ
12:00 – 1:15
LUNCH—co-sponsored by Terracon and Exponent—“Apples to Apples”
1:15 – 1:30
SBOT ENRLS Meeting—“Monopoly”
1:30 – 2:00
Moderator: Phillip Goodwin, City of Houston
NEWS FROM DOJ
Jeff Wood, Acting US Deputy Attorney General
2:00 – 2:30
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTORNEYS
“Don’t Break the Ice”
Victor Flatt, Chair and Faculty Director, Environment, Energy and Natural
Resources Center, The University of Houston Law Center
2:30 – 3:30
ETHICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS—“Operation”
Peter Anderson, Beveridge & Diamond P.C.
Larry Nettles, Vinson &Elkins, LLP
Andrew Strong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
3:30
ADJOURN—“Candy Land”
Sundaes
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT
Overview and Practice Pointers—“Trouble”
Moderator: Craig J. Pritzlaff, Office of the Attorney General
6:00 – 7:15
REGULATOR PERSPECTIVE
Cheryl Seager, Director of the Enforcement Division, EPA Region 6
Emily Petrick, Office of the Texas Attorney General
Ramiro Garcia, Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement, TCEQ
Ryan Fite, Assistant County Attorney, Travis County
7:15 – 8:00
Moderator: Tim Wilkins, Bracewell
REGULATED PERSPECTIVE
Jonathan Bull, Gardere
Lily Chinn, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
Mike Dillinger, NuStar