The National Environmental Policy Act is the principal federal charter for the protection of the environment and fundamental to the permitting and approval of natural resources and energy development projects. While often overshadowed in California by its state equivalent, the California Environmental Quality Act, there has been a substantial increase in NEPA compliance issues in California as a result the increasing interest in the federal public lands for siting renewable energy and transmission projects and funding mechanisms provided through federal grants and loan guarantees. This panel will discuss current projects undergoing NEPA review in California, new issues and pressures resulting from the renewable energy boom, and strategies and lessons learned through this evolving process.

Program: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Farella Braun + Martel
San Francisco, CA

Skip Spaulding, program co-chair/faculty, CLE International 17th Annual Conference - California Water Law, "Background of Federal and State Water Quality Law".
Monterey, CA 

David Lazerwitz, faculty, CLE International 17th Annual Conference - California Water Law, "Recent Water Cases Before the United States Supreme Court".
Monterey, CA 

Farella Braun + Martel's Third Annual Developers Conference, Moving Forward in Tough Times.

8:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
235 Montgomery Street
17th Floor Conference Center
San Francisco

James Colopy, speaker, "CERCLA Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Understanding Current Trends in Law and Litigation"
Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

James Bruen, panelist, "Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Assessing and Minimizing NRD Liabilities"

Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

James Bruen, panelist, "Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Understanding Current Trends in Law and Litigation"

Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

James Bruen, faculty and program co-chair, "Defenses to Claims of Natural Resource Damage - New twists on conflict preemption; CERCLA 113(h), CERCLA 107 defenses and state claim defenses"
Santa Fe, NM

Wine Industy Education Series hosted by:
Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance 

Katherine Philippakis & Skip Spaulding, speakers, "New developments in CEQA, land use permitting and environmental regulations relating to vineyards and wineries"

David Lazerwitz, Faculty, "Wetlands, Water Quality and Stream Impact"
Lorman Education Services Seminar
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA

James Bruen will speak at the Natural Resource Damages Litigation seminar in Newark New Jersey on the topic, "Recovery Regimes: Federal Claims Under CERCLA, the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act."