Environmental Law Forum 2022: 3.5 General, 1 Dual

Courses Included

• Environmental Law Forum 2022: Vapor Intrusion & Mitigation in Tennessee
  
  

  Experts take a close look at vapor intrusion and mitigation in Tennessee. Ahmet Bulbulkaya will provide an introduction to vapor intrusion and an overview of the new TDEC Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Tennessee Brownfield projects. Tom Hatton will follow up on ways to comply with Tennessee’s Vapor Intrusion Guidance through a four-step process: Diagnosis, Design, Build, and Operations Maintenance & Monitoring (OM&M). 

  Ahmet Bulbulkaya, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation – Department of Remediation 

  Tom Hatton, CEO – Clean Vapor 

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  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.50

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Ahmet Bulbulkaya, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Nashville
    Ahmet Bulbulkaya is an Environmental Fellow for TDEC’s Division of Remediation and is one of the main authors of a new vapor intrusion guidance specific to Brownfield projects being managed...
  • Tom Hatton, Clean Vapor, LLC,
    Tom, a highly sought-after speaker, consultant, and vapor mitigation system designer, pours over 30-years of knowledge and expertise into every project. You get the benefit of his unparalleled...
• Environmental Law Forum 2022: Major Questions and West Virginia v. EPA (Elephants, Mouseholes, Climate Change and the Clean Air Act)
  
  

  The presentation centers on the key decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in June 2022 in West Virginia v. EPA using the controversial “major questions” doctrine to strike down the Obama EPA’s Clean Power Plan regulations promulgated through CAA section 111(d). The decision invalidated a sweeping set of regulations based on a broad statutory interpretation premised on shifting the generation of electricity away from coal-fired plants and toward natural gas and renewable energy. The figure of speech associated with the “major questions” doctrine as it has evolved is clever, very popular, but also clichéd. So, the presentation will try to delve into the opinions for the majority as well as the concurring and dissenting opinions to gain perspective on just how significant the opinion is for the future of the regulation of greenhouse gases by EPA. to curb climate change and for administrative law more broadly. 

  Steven Stout, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation 

  Khurshid Mehta, Tennessee Valley Authority

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  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Khurshid Mehta, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville
    Khurshid Mehta is a Senior Attorney with TVA's Office of General Counsel.  His work focuses on a broad range of environmental issues arising under the Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy...
  • Steven Stout, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Clarksville
    Steven R. Stout has 30 years of experience working with the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation in the Office of General Counsel (TDEC- OGC). For many of those years Steven served...
• Environmental Law Forum 2022: Brownfields Update
  
  

   In this session, experienced attorneys discuss common issues that come up in a brownfield agreement request and negotiation. Ellery Richardson will give the regulator perspective, while Scott Thomas will give the regulated party perspective. Issues covered include, among others, who can participate in a brownfield agreement, what is covered by the agreement, and what is required of the participant. 

  Scott Thomas, Bass, Berry & Sims 

  Ellery Richardson, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation 

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  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Ellery Richardson, TN DEPT OF Environment and Conservation Office of General Counsel, Nashville
  • G. Scott Thomas, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville
    Scott Thomas is in Bass, Berry & Sims' Environmental and Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Groups. He joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 1982 and is listed in Best Lawyers in Americar...
• Ethics Update: Current Developments from the Board of Professional Responsibility
  
  

  Join the Board of Professional Responsibility's Eileen Burkhalter Smith as she reviews the latest Ethics Updates.

  This is a great opportunity to earn dual credit before December 31. Don't forget all CLE can now be taken online!

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  Course Information

  Format:Webcast - Archived VideoDual Credits:1.00General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Eileen Burkhalter Smith, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Brentwood
    Eileen Burkhalter Smith is Disciplinary Counsel in the Investigations Section for the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.  Prior to joining the Board, Ms....