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 WHEN:	 October 19\, 2010\, 3:30 to 5:30 PM\nSpeakers will begin promptly a
 t 4:00 PM\n \nWHERE:	Omni Shoreham Hotel\nHampton Room\n2500 Calvert Stre
 et\, NW\nWashington\, DC 20008\n \nRSVP:	There is no cost to attend but y
 ou must rsvp.\nTo reserve\, email mcmurrin@eli.org by October 12\, 2010\n
  \nOn October 19\, the Environmental Protection Agency will receive the E
 nvironmental Law Institute's Annual Award\, the first time an organization
  has received this prestigious honor. The award will help to mark the occa
 sion of EPA's fortieth anniversary. As part of its day-long celebration\, 
 the Institute also holds the annual ELI-Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum
 . The topic this year will focus on EPA's role in environmental protection
  and the legal underpinnings of its mandate.\n \nEPA's founding on Decemb
 er 2\, 1970\, coincided with the advent of modern environmental law. The N
 ational Environmental Policy Act was signed in January of that year. There
  followed an outpouring of congressional lawmaking spanning a decade: the 
 Clean Air Act\, the Clean Water Act\, the Endangered Species Act\, the Res
 ource Conservation and Recovery Act\, the Toxic Substances Control Act\, t
 he Comprehensive Environmental Response\, Compensation\, and Liability Act
 \, plus several other statutes\, all calling on EPA (and other agencies) t
 o regulate pollution. After that\, the Congress spent another decade stren
 gthening and fine-tuning its legislation\, culminating in the 1990 Clean A
 ir Act Amendments.\n \nBut except for two minor updates in 1996\, the Con
 gress has been silent on environmental law in the two decades since the CA
 A amendments. Meanwhile\, EPA has moved forward on the mandates in the leg
 islation\, with the backing of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1984 Chevron decis
 ion\, even as new problems emerged. In fact\, the Court pushed the agency 
 to use language written in the 1970s in the CAA to address global warming 
 in its 2007 Massachusetts decision\, potentially giving EPA vast dominion 
 over much of the U.S. economy. On the other hand\, the Court's 2006 Rapano
 s decision gave confusing advice to the agency on regulating wetlands unde
 r the CWA\, leaving "waters of the United States" poorly defined for purpo
 ses of regulation. And the Fifth Circuit's 1991 Corrosion Proof Fittings d
 ecision left TSCA with diminished authority to ban hazardous chemicals in 
 commerce. Today\, caught between the mandates of aging statutes and the in
 terpretations of various courts\, the agency finds itself facing new chall
 enges without new tools.\n \nWhat's to be done? Our panel will examine th
 e question of "Whither Congress" as part of its debate over renewing congr
 essional authority and will discuss how EPA can move forward on the proble
 ms of the 21st century using 20th century law.\n \nPanelists:\nLeslie Car
 others\, President\, Environmental Law Institute (Moderator)\nJonathan Can
 non\, Professor of Law\, University of Virginia [EPA General Counsel\, 199
 5-1998]\nHank Habicht\, Managing Partner\, SAIL Venture Partners [EPA Depu
 ty Administrator\, 1989-1998]\nAnn Klee\, Vice President\, Corporate and E
 nvironmental Programs\, General Electric Company [EPA General Counsel\, 20
 04-2006]\nBob Perciasepe\, EPA Deputy Administrator\, 2009-present\nHank H
 abicht\, Managing Partner\, SAIL Venture Partners [EPA Deputy Administrato
 r\, 1989-1998]Ann Klee\, Vice President\, Corporate and Environmental Prog
 rams\, General Electric Company [EPA General Counsel\, 2004-2006]Bob Perci
 asepe\, EPA Deputy Administrator\, 2009-present
LOCATION:2500 Calvert St NW\,Washington\,DC\, 
SUMMARY:Can You Teach Old Tools New Tricks? Addressing 21st Century Proble
 ms With 20th Century Law
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