KCBA Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Half-Day CLE

 KCBA Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Half-Day CLE

“Environmental Litigation & Policy Updates and Current Issues in Washington”

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., One Union Square, 600 University Street, Seattle

Union Square Boardroom

April 19, 2018

4.00 Law & Legal CLE Credits

Also available via Webcast

TOPICS

      Trees & Urban Growth

      Water Rights

      CWA and Northwest Aquaculture

      Air space and environmental liability mitigation

      The Culverts Case

AGENDA

11:30-12:00pm     Registration and Lunch Provided

12:00-12:05pm     Welcome and Overview

                             Joe Terrenzio & Anthony Marangon, Chair & CLE Chair, KCBA ELUS

12:05-12:50pm     Tree Related Property Rights in an Era of Urban Growth: Recent Updates to Washington Tree                               Laws and Their Implications

                              Bethany Kelsch, Carson Noel PLLC

                              Carlen McKee, Levy von Beck Comstock

12:50-1:40pm       Water Rights Issues in Washington: Hirst and Senate Bill 6091

                              Tacy Hass, Foster Pepper

                              Joseph Brogan, Foster Pepper

1:40-1:55pm         Break

1:55-2:45pm         Getting Pacific Northwest Aquaculture Out of Deep Water - Clean Water Act Legal Challenges                                and Liability Reduction Strategies

                             Erika Holsman, Beveridge & Diamond

2:45-3:30pm         Can Environmental Liability Disappear Into Thin Air? Air Space Condos as an Environmental                                 Liability Mitigation Strategy

                             Andy Rigel, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S.

3:30-4:20pm        U.S. v. Washington: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Stevens Treaties include an Obligation                              to Protect Fish Habitat from Degradation

                            Julie Wilson-McNerney, Perkins Coie

4:20pm                 Evaluations and Adjournment

4:20-6:00pm         Networking Social/Happy Hour