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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY OUTLOOK 2019
April 16, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 10:30 am
| FreeAn Informative Briefing: Practical Perspectives on Emerging Environmental and Regulatory Issues in Pennsylvania
Join Babst Calland’s environmental, municipal, and litigation attorneys along with industry experts to discuss practical solutions to legal and regulatory challenges at the federal, state and local levels of government.
As industry faces new challenges from many directions, including organized opposition to permitting, novel and perhaps overreaching regulations, and new enforcement trends, you will benefit from a full discussion of the following issues:
Navigating NGO Relationships – We will discuss how agencies, permittees and the public interact in both formal and informal processes, including required and discretionary public hearings, as well as outreach required under evolving environmental justice policies. We will also discuss strategies on how to proceed with agencies, your consultants, and the public to best position your company to defend your permit once issued from third party appeals, including those based on Environmental Rights Amendment claims.
Cap and Trade Regulation – This discussion will address the robust Cap and Trade regulation recently proposed by several citizen groups to the Pennsylvania EQB, including its scope, status and significance.
Municipal Ordinances and Land Use Regulation – We will share an overview of the most recent ordinance trends challenging industry, NGO challenges to the validity of ordinances authorizing oil and gas development, and strategies in response to objections to zoning applications based on the Environmental Rights Amendment.
Emerging Enforcement Trends – We will address recent actions by the Pennsylvania Attorney General to target the regulated community for alleged criminal violations and key decisions by the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board and the Pennsylvania appellate courts regarding issues of importance.
PROGRAM
8:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Program and Q&A Discussion
GUEST SPEAKERS
S. Casey Bowers
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
PennEnergy Resources, LLC
Kathryn Klaber
Managing Partner
The Klaber Group
Thomas J. Farrell, Esq.
Partner
Farrell & Reisinger, LLC
BABST CALLAND SPEAKERS
Kevin J. Garber, Esq.
Shareholder, Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources
Jean M. Mosites, Esq.
Shareholder, Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources
Sean M. McGovern Esq.
Shareholder, Environmental and Energy and Natural Resources
Krista-Ann Staley, Esq.
Shareholder, Land Use and Energy and Natural Resources
James V. Corbelli, Esq.
Shareholder, Litigation