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rdANNUAL
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERCONFERENCE
“We’re Baaack!”
Thursday – Friday ● August 5 – 6, 2021
Four Seasons Hotel ● Austin, Texas
PRESENTED BY:
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Air & Waste Management Association, Southwest Section Water Environment Association of Texas
ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources
7:45 am to 8:30 am REGISTRATION—
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST “Working my way back to you babe”
8:30 am to 8:55 am OPENING REMARKS
“Welcome back”
Jeff Civins, Senior Counsel, Haynes
and Boone, LLP
8:55 am to 9:00 am EPA Administrator Michael S.
Regan (prerecorded) “I can see clearly now”
MODERATOR: Peter Gregg, Partner, DuBois Bryant
& Campbell
9:00 am to 9:45 am CASE LAW UPDATE
“Back in black”
Tyler J. Ryska, Assistant Attorney
General, Enforcement Section of
Environmental Protection Division of the Texas Attorney General
Gabrielle Smith, Attorney, Lloyd
Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
9:45 am to 10:30 am LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
“Come on to my house”
Kate Goodrich, Government Affairs
Consultant, Jackson Walker, L.L.P. Elizabeth Fazio Hale, General
Manager/CEO, Gulf Coast Authority
10:30 am to 10:45 am BREAK
Sponsored by CCR Corp. 10:45 am to 12:00 pm AIR QUALITY
“Every breath you take”
Anne Idsal Austin, Partner, Pillsbury Dr. Loren Hopkins, Professor in the
Practice, Rice University,
Chief Environmental Science Officer, Bureau Chief Community and
Children’s Environmental Health, City
of Houston Health Department
Edward Clark Lewis, Partner, Norton
Rose Fulbright LLP
Terry Salem, Staff Attorney, TCEQ
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm LUNCH
Sponsored by EnSafe
MODERATOR: Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Managing
Partner, Baker Wotring LLP
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm EMERGING CONTAMINANTS
“I got you under my skin”
Melanie Benesh, Legislative
Attorney, Environmental Working
Group
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Partner,
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Michael E. Honeycutt Ph.D., Chief
Toxicologist, Toxicology Division,
TCEQ
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm CEQ/NEPA
“The Times They Are A-Changin’”
Justin R. Pidot, General Counsel,
Council on Environmental Quality (Virtual)
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm BREAK
Sponsored by Geosyntec
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm EPA RA/TCEQ COMMISSIONER
“Leaders of the Pack”
David Gray, Acting Regional
Administrator, U.S. EPA Robert (Bobby) Janecka
Commissioner, TCEQ
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
“Don’t Stop Believin’”
Erin E. Chancellor, Director, Office of
Legal Services, TCEQ (Invited) Stephanie Hall, Litigation Counsel,
Valero Energy Corporation
Matthew S. Tejada, Director, Office
of Environmental Justice, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. U.S. EPA
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm RECEPTION
Sponsored by Langan
7:45 am to 8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Sponsored by Ramboll
8:15 am to 8:30 am OPENING REMARKS
“Good Day Sunshine”
Jeff Civins
MODERATOR: Pam Giblin, Senior Policy Advisor,
Climate Leadership Council
8:30 am to 9:00 am OIL AND GAS UPDATE
“We can work it out”
Emily Lindley, Commissioner, TCEQ
9:00 am to 10:00 am INFRASTRUCTURE
“Bridge Over Troubled Waters”
Hon. Rafael Anchia, Representative,
Texas House of Representatives (Virtual)
Ann D. Navaro, Partner, Bracewell
LLP
Robert Powelson, President & CEO,
National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) (Virtual)
10:00 am to 10:30 am LAB TESTING “The Test of Time”
Rock J Vitale, CEAC, Technical
Director of Chemistry, Environmental
Standards, Inc.
10:30 am to 10:45 am BREAK
10:45 am to 12:00 pm CLIMATE CHANGE “Here Comes the Sun”
Speaker from U.S. EPA (To be
announced)
James B. Blackburn, Professor in
the Practice of Environmental Law,
Rice University
Charles (Chuck) H. Knauss,
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP John Wagner, Vice President and
Assistant General Counsel, American
Petroleum Institute
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm LUNCH
Sponsored by Terracon
1:15 pm to 1:30 pm ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW SECTION OF THE SBOT
David Klein, Chair
MODERATOR: Cynthia Bishop, President,
C. Bishop Law
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm ESG ETHICS
“I won’t back down”
Conrad Bolston, Senior Associate,
Vinson & Elkins
Mike Dillinger, Executive Director &
Senior Counsel, NuStar Energy L.P. Lawrence M. Heim, Editor,
practicalESG.com, CCR Group
Maria Dunn, Chief Governance
Officer, Phillips 66
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ETHICS, THE MEDIA, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW “Honestly”
Nathan Koppel, Director of Media
Relations, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Tony Lucisano, Associate, Baker
Botts
Irma Russell, Edward A.
Smith/Missouri Chair in Law, the Constitution, and Society, University
of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (Virtual)
3:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS
“Bye, Bye, Baby”
REGISTRATION: Please register online at www.texenrls.org.
COURSE MATERIALS: Will be online. There will be no printed materials.
REGISTRANTS: Will receive a confirmation email after online registration. 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.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Please be aware that attendance is significantly limited, and we will
not accept any on-site registrations at the conference. Registration is on-line only and is first
come, first served. We encourage you to register early. When we reach registration capacity, we
will maintain a waitlist and reach out to people on the waitlist if capacity becomes available.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Registrants will receive a full refund if cancellation notice is received by July
20, 2021. After this date, a $150 cancellation fee will be assessed. Cancellations after July 29, 2021 will not receive a refund of any part of the registration fee, but you may substitute an attendee by notifying Superconference prior to August 3, 2021.
CLE: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of
SPONSORS
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.
CONSULTANT SPONSORS
PERTINENT INFORMATION
CLE: We have applied to the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE for 11.25 hours of CLE credit, 2
hours of which will be for Ethics. We have also applied for approval from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for 11.25 hours for the following specialty fields: 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 www.texenrls.org. Overnight parking for hotel guests is an additional charge.
DRESS: Casual (It’s Austin! In August!))
HOTEL: We’ve arranged a limited hotel block with discounted rates at the FOUR SEASONS HOTEL: 98
San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, Texas 78701. To book a room, please contact the Four Seasons—by phone (512-478-4500) or online www.fourseasons.com. Discounted rates for our hotel block are: City View King – $289/night and Lake View King – $334/night.
Group Name: Texas Environmental Supercon
Block Rate Code:
Code 210804TEX
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please contact: The Superconference at
superconference@texenrls.org . For further information concerning the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, please visit: www.texenrls.org
2021 Planning Committee
Jeff Civins, Chair
Haynes and Boone, LLP Peter Thompson Gregg DuBois, Bryant & Campbell L.L.P. Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas
Carolyn Ahrens
Booth & Associates, P.C. Lydia Gonzalez Gromatzky Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Michael J. Nasi Jackson Walker L.L.P. Debra Tsuchiyama Baker
Baker Wotring LLP
Booker Harrison
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Benjamin R. Rhem Jackson Walker L.L.P. Stephanie Bergeron Perdue
Baker Botts L.L.P. Tucker Henson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Jeffrey A. Saitas Saitas and Seales Cynthia J. Bishop
C Bishop Law PC Taylor Holcomb Vinson & Elkins LLP Paul Sarahan Enoch Kever PLLC
Molly Cagle
Baker Botts L.L.P. David Klein Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C Paul A. Seals Guida, Slavich & Flores Anthony B. Cavender
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Edward Clark Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Cynthia C. Smiley Smiley Law Firm
Richard Dexter
R-D Consulting, Inc. Steve McMillen Texas Instruments Incorporated Christopher David Smith Smith Jolin LLP Shelly M. Doggett
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Arnoldo Medina
Valero Energy Corporation Dorothy Watson Foley & Gardere/Foley & Lardner, LLP
Lisa Uselton Dyar
McGinnis Lochridge LLP Mary S. Mendoza Haynes and Boone, LLP Laura L. Whiting Occidental Petroleum Company
Bruce Fogerty
EarthX Tammy Mitchell Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Timothy A. Wilkins Bracewell LLP
Pamela M. Giblin
Climate Leadership Council Bryan J. Moore Beveridge & Diamond, PC Danny G. Worrell Baker Botts L.L.P. Phillip M. Goodwin
City of Houston Steve Morton K&L Gates LLP