ABA - Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice -

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
"Harmony in the Historic Low Country: The Delicate Balance Between Energy and the Environment"
Ryder Cup Conference Center
Beautiful and historic South Carolina is economically dependent on a secure, cost-effective energy supply. This program brings leaders from the area's major utilities - Santee Electric Cooperative and South Carolina Electric and Gas, together with environmental leaders and city planners to discuss how South Carolina has balanced historical and natural preservation along with economic development. What tensions exist, and what lies ahead for the state?

Energy and the Environment Program Materials:

Federal Marine Resources Legal Overview
and
US Commission on Ocean Policy Preliminary Report
Presentation by, Sheila Slocum Hollis, Duane Morris, LLP

"Power to the Environment - The Challenge of Fitting in Where You Just Don't Fit In"
Randolph Mahan, SCANA Services

Panelists:
Elizabeth Henry Warner, Associate General Counsel, Santee Cooper
Sheila S. Hollis, Managing Partner - D.C. Office, Duane Morris LLP
Randolph R. Mahan, Director, Corporate Environmental Services and Special Projects,
SCANA Services, Inc.
Leslie S. Riley, Chief Counsel, Ocean and Coastal Resource Management South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Control

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Securities, Commodities and Exchange Committee Meeting
Ryder Cup Conference Center
Discussion Topic:
"The Promotion of Transparency of Regulatory Guidance from the SEC, the Stock Exchanges and NASDAQ"

Securities Committee Program Materials:

"The Promotion of Transparency of Regulatory Guidance from the SEC,
the Stock Exchanges and NASDAQ"

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Island BBQ - Sail Deck, Ryder Cup Conference Center
Bring your guests and enjoy a Southern BBQ and outdoor games including a putting contest.
Putters will be provided and prizes will be awarded!

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2004

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast - Ryder Cup Conference Center

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Section Council Meeting Part I - Ryder Cup Conference Center

10:30 am - 10:45 am
~ Break ~

10:45 am - Noon
Section Council Meeting Part II - "The Controversy Over Regulatory Science"
- Ryder Cup Conference Center
The Center for Progressive Regulation (CPR) has produced a set of "Clean Science Principles" in answer to what they consider some of the problems of politicization and conflict of interest in regulatory science. Representatives from CPR will discuss the Principles and provide background on what prompted CPR to develop them. Additional panelists as well as the audience will provide perspectives form industry and agencies as well as other feedback on the Principles. Finally, the Section will consider whether it would be appropriate to develop its own recommendations in this area.

Regulatory Science Program Materials:

"Principles for Honest Regulatory Science"
[Word doc]

"Why Clean Science"
[PDF- PowerPoint slides]

Panelists:
William Farland, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Environmental Protection Agency
Sidney Shapiro, University of Kansas School of Law
Karyn Schmidt, Counsel, American Chemistry Council
Moderator: Randolph J. May, Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies,
The Progress and Freedom Foundation

Noon - 1:00pm
Membership Committee Meeting- Ryder Cup Conference Center

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
EU Project Advisory Board Meeting- Ryder Cup Conference Center

5:00pm - 11:00pm
Excursion into historic Charleston
The evening begins with a reception hosted by the new Charleston School of Law.
Guests will then explore historic Charleston on their own and have dinner in one of Charleston's world-famous restaurants..
For a listing of local restaurants, please visit the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau at:
www.charlestoncvb.com

SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2004

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast - Ryder Cup Conference Center

9:00 am - Noon
Section Council Meeting - Ryder Cup Conference Center

~ Adjourn ~

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