Schedule
“Navigating Legal Waters” was held on Friday, January 24, 2020, in McKernan Auditorium from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration and Light Breakfast | 8:00 – 8:20 A.M. |
Welcoming Address and Opening Remarks | 8:30 – 8:45 A.M. |
An Overview of Louisiana Riparian Law and Issues
Presenter: Chris Dalbom, Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy |
8:45 – 9:30 A.M. |
The Groundwater Conduit Theory: Actionability under the Clean Water Act
Presenter: Frank Holleman, Southern Environmental Law Center |
9:30 – 10:15 A.M. |
Break | 10:15 – 10:30 A.M. |
Recent Developments to Coastal Land Loss & Their Legal Impacts
Presenters: Jim Wilkins, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program; Beaux Jones, Water Institute of the Gulf; Margaret Viator, Phelps Dunbar |
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. |
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids: Use, Reuse and Disposal
Presenter: Susan Miller Bisong, Modrall Sperling |
11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. |
Lunch | 12:30 – 1:30 P.M. |
Future Outlook of the “Waters of the U.S.” Rule
Presenters: Stan Millan, Jones Walker; Elise Henry, Jones Walker; Brad Finney, U.S. Eastern District of Tennessee |
1:30 – 2:30 P.M. |
Geo-Engineering in Waterbodies
Presenters: Saul Newsome, Newsome International Law; E. Barrett Ristroph, Ristroph Law, Planning, and Research |
2:30 – 3:30 P.M. |