Description
Session 7: Interactions Between the Clean Water Act and Other Laws
More than just an update on current developments, this singular course brings together cutting-edge issues in water law and examines them in high-level, integrated discussions.
A top-flight faculty – including private practitioners, public interest advocates, and senior public officials from federal and state/local regulators and enforcement agencies – provide in-depth legal analyses, policy perspectives, and insights on the challenges environmental attorneys and related professionals in water law are facing today.
Be part of the conversation! Join us online for this in-depth course and learn about not only recent programmatic, litigation, and regulatory developments affecting the protection of the nation’s waterways and wetlands, but also the larger, emerging issues that will strongly influence water law and practice in the years to come.
The program updates experienced environmental attorneys and related professionals and provides general practitioners with a durable framework for understanding the law and counseling clients in this complex, evolving area. Panels will address water regulation, permitting, and protection in the contexts of:
- Chemicals, products, and water quality, including PFAS policies and regulation
- The interrelationship between climate change and water resources
- Interactions between the CWA and other laws, including NEPA, ESA, and the National Historic Preservation Act
- The future of the Colorado River negotiation
- Federal and state environmental justice policies affecting clean water programs