| Tuesday, April 1, 2008: 10:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | |||
| Mississippi (Memphis Cook Convention Center) | |||
| Ground Water and Environmental Law I | |||
| The session will serve as the 2008 continuation of NGWA's Ground Water and Environmental Law Conference series. This session will include a mock trial with real lawyers and expert witnesses. Abstractsare sought for the following topics: ground water litigation by environmental groups; quarry dewatering: impacts and regulations; source water protection; ground water/surface water interaction: legal implications; international remediation law; site closure and potential site reopening; vapor intrusion regulations; legal implications from USGS health based screening levels; communicating uncertainty on the witness stand; risk transfer and structured settlements; litigation caused by impacts of remediation; post remediation care and obligations; wetland mitigation banking; defensible analytical data; environmental forensics; and water rights: prior appropriation, riparian, and hybrids. | |||
| Moderators: | Robert W. Masters, NGWA Earl Hagstrom, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP | ||
| 10:20 a.m. | Case Study: Practical Issues Implementing California's New SVI Law at Existing Brownfield Site Mary Ellen Hogan, M.S., J.D., Holme Roberts & Owen LLP | ||
| 10:40 a.m. | Scientific Integrity vs. Scientific Persuasion: Representing Model Uncertainty in the Courtroom David R. Hargis, Phd and Leo S. Leonhart, PhD, Hargis + Associates Inc. | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Science by the Media: Crossing the Line? Carol Erikson, B.S., M.S.P.H., Trillium Inc. | ||
| 11:20 a.m. | Open | ||