Agenda

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Thursday, December 12, 2024 
10:00 am – 2:30 pm CST

 

Presented by Charlie Tebbutt & Dan Snyder

Accessing Public Records on CAFOs 

  • State public records requests 

Litigation under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act 

  • Basics
  • Citizen suits
  • Primer on actionable point source discharges: CWA statutory elements 

Litigation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

  • Basics
  • When is manure “solid waste?”
  • When does discarded manure trigger the ISE provisions?
  • When does a facility that discards manure constitute an open dump?
  • Remedies 

   

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Credits

Attorneys
4.0 CLE Hours

Engineers
4.0 PDHs

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 3.0 PDHs for professional engineers in most states for whom this subject matter is professionally relevant. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. 

This webinar has been approved for 4.0 CLE hours by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners and by the Iowa Commission on Continuing Legal Education. This webinar has been submitted to the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education for pre-approval, which is currently pending. 

This webinar may also qualify for CLE credits in states which do not require course pre-approval and in states which offer CLE reciprocity. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility. 

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed). 

On-Demand Credits

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. 

Speakers

Dan Snyder

Director of Environmental Enforcement Project with Public Justice

Mr. Snyder graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2010, Order of the Coif, and has been practicing public interest environmental law ever since. He enforces our nation’s environmental laws against polluters, representing the interests of individuals, local grassroots organizations, and national non-profits. Mr. Snyder’s practice involves actions under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. He is also an experienced public records attorney, litigating Freedom of Information Act lawsuits across the country. When not in the office, he enjoys a round of disc golf, a day on the water, or watching his beloved Oregon Ducks. Mr. Snyder and his wife, Kirsten, are the proud parents of three kids.

Charlie Tebbutt

Attorney with the Law Offices of Charlie Tebbutt, P.C.

Mr. Tebbutt is primarily an environmental lawyer who assists communities, organizations, tribes, unions and individuals across the United States in protecting themselves and their members from industrial pollution and chemical injury. Through litigation, negotiation, and grassroots campaign building, the firm helps clients enforce our nation’s environmental laws and hold polluters and regulatory agencies accountable. During his career at the Western Environmental Law Center, the Atlantic States Legal Foundation, and in private practice, Mr. Tebbutt has brought citizen suit and toxic tort cases concerning pollution and chemical exposure against dozens of Fortune 500 companies in more than 30 states enforcing a broad spectrum of environmental laws. The firm has experience with many environmental statutes, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act (EPCRA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Representative cases include actions against coal industry, oil spills, large CAFOs, railroads and improper state and federal rules. The team has won landmark cases against large CAFOs (see CARE and CFS v. Cow Palace), improper government actions (see Nat’l Cotton Council v. U.S. EPA), and the coal industry (see Sierra Club v. BNSF Railway). The team also represents victims of toxic chemical exposure and works on climate change and other cutting edge environmental issues.

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