Events
Duane Morris Partner Sheila Hollis to Serve as Presenter and Judge at the 41st Annual Conference on Environmental Law
March 22, 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah
| The Grand America Hotel
Duane Morris partner Sheila Hollis will be serving as a panel judge and speaker at the ABA's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource's 41st Annual Conference on Environmental Law, March 22-24, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This year's conference includes a unique panel format in which young attorneys will put key legal issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing on trial before a panel of expert judges. Ms. Hollis will serve as a judge for the panel on "Plenary Session—Hydraulic Fracturing on Trial: Possibilities, Pollution, and Preemption," which will begin with a presentation on the preemption in hydraulic fracturing that describes the hypothetical decision of a lower court that (1) the State of New Union's outright ban on hydraulic fracturing was unconstitutional, and (2) the state's hydraulic fracturing regulations (promulgated before the ban took effect) are preempted by federal storm water, wastewater, and drinking water laws. An appellant and an appellee will argue the case in front of a panel of "judges," with the judges' decision to be rendered at the end of the discussion.
In a follow-up to the preceding plenary session, the judges and advocates will discuss the decision in greater detail. In addition, topics related to various legal issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing will be discussed, including issues arising as municipalities, counties, states, and interstate commissions from New England to Texas consider bans, partial bans, and new regulatory programs to manage the impacts to water quality and public health from hydraulic fracturing activities.
For more information and to register to attend this event, please visit the ABA website.
