NAEP Webinar: Status of the Clean Water Rule: NWAEP Hosting in Seattle and Portland

NAEP Webinar: Status of the Clean Water Rule: NWAEP Hosting in Seattle and Portland

Note: This is an invitation to attend this webinar in Seattle at the HDR office or Portland at the Louis Berger office.  If you cannot attend in-person, please register at the NAEP website at http://www.naep.org/

The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized the Clean Water Rule to clearly protect the wetlands and streams that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The Clean Water Rule ensures that waters protected under the Clean Water Act are more precisely defined and more predictably determined. The rule took effect at the end of August 2015, and 31 states, numerous industry groups and some environmental nonprofits are now challenging it in courts across the country. On October 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stayed the Clean Water Rule nationwide pending further action of the court. EPA and the Department of the Army are fully complying with the stay. Please join NAEP as we review the litigation against the Clean Water Rule and arguments posed by states, businesses and industries. Our speaker from the USACE will specifically address how environmental practitioners should address permitting issues and field studies in the interim.

Date: January 20, 2016
Time: Noon to 1:30pm
Location: Seattle (HDR, 601 Union Street, Suite 700); Portland (Louis Berger, 700 NE Multnomah St, Suite 900)
Cost: FREE to Members; $10 for Non-members 
Lunch: Not included, please bring a lunch to this event (light refreshments will be provided in Seattle)

For comments or questions about the Seattle event, please contact Rona Spellecacy at ronalee.spellecacy@hdrinc.com; for comments or questions about the Portland event, please contact Jason Medema at jmedema@louisberger.com