Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Development of Water Laws: Quantity, Quality, and Usage
T. Norgard
Development of the common law of water rights
Statutory and regulatory limits on the exercise of water rights
Federal, state and local regulators
Development of the law on water quality preservation
Comprehensive water planning
Water Quality Laws and Regulations
J. Verleger
State water quality permits and processes
Federal water quality permits and issues
Waters of the United States and water transfers rule
Understanding North Dakota Water Rights and Appropriations
T. Norgard
Ownership of groundwater and surface water
Regulation of water rights
Obtaining water rights
Application and permitting process
Temporary water permits
Sovereign Lands
J. Verleger
Overview and terminology
Regulations
Case law summary
Water Sales Franchise Issues
T. Norgard
Federal and state franchise protection issues
Municipality v. rural water system disputes
Private water sales in protected franchise areas
Drainage Issues
J. Verleger
Surface drains
Subsurface (tile) drains
Assessment drains
Common permitting issues
Appeals
Legislative Updates
T. Norgard/J. Verleger
State and Regional Water Management and Planning
T. Norgard/J. Verleger
Surface water resources
Groundwater resources
Regional water planning
Litigation updates
Credits
Attorneys
6.5 North Dakota CLE Hours
6.5 Minnesota CLE Hours
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Geologists
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and is approved by the State Bar Association of North Dakota for 6.5 CLE hours for attorneys. The Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education has approval this event for 6.5 standard CLE hours for attorneys.
HalfMoon Education is approved as a continuing education provider by the North Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. This seminar offers 6.5 PDHs for engineers to whom the topic is relevant.
This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to North Dakota geologists.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Tami Norgard
Vogel Law FirmManaging Partner, Vogel Law FirmMs. Norgard has practiced law at the Vogel Law Firm for 17 years and is currently one of the firm’s managing partners. Ms. Norgard’s law practice includes counseling clients in areas involving natural resources and civil litigation, including environmental issues, oil and gas, electric cooperative, land use, and water law counseling and litigation. Her experience includes serving as legal counsel to many boards, as well as appearing in numerous jury trials, court trials and appeals. Ms. Norgard joined the Vogel Law Firm in 1999 after practicing with the Gray Plant Mooty firm in Minneapolis and after working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of North Dakota summa cum laude with a B.A. degree in Political Science. She received her law degree, cum laude, and a Masters of Studies degree in Environmental Law and Policy, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School. Ms. Norgard has been teaching law school, graduate school and undergraduate courses regularly since 1997. She taught Environmental Law & Policy in a graduate program at NDSU and at UND Law School, and she has taught Energy Law at Bismarck State University and Moot Court classes at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Jennifer Verleger
State of North DakotaAssistant Attorney General, State of North DakotaMs. Verleger has been a North Dakota assistant attorney general providing general counsel and litigation services to the State Engineer and State Water Commission since 2009. During that time Ms. Verleger has represented the state on water issues in the U.S. Supreme Court, the North Dakota Supreme Court, state and federal district courts, and the Office of Administrative Hearings in areas including interstate rivers, federalism, water rights, water appropriation, drainage, and sovereign lands. She is a licensed attorney in North Dakota, Michigan, and Florida (inactive). Priorto becoming an attorney, she spent ten years as a practicingcivil engineer and is a licensed professional engineer inNorth Dakota and Michigan. Ms. Verleger chairs the legal committee of the Western States Water Council, an organization of governor-appointed representatives from the western 18 states. She earned her B.S. degree from Cornell University in Civil and Environmental Engineering; an M.S. degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in Civil and Environmental Engineering; an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan; and a J.D. degree from Michigan State University.