Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
State and Regional Environmental Cooperation Committee
2008-2009 Committee Awards
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This Committee was recognized with the following awards within the Environmental Committees. (more) |
Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Committee website for the State and Regional Environmental Cooperation Committee (SRECC). This Committee is a clearinghouse for information regarding regional issues of interest to environmental practitioners, offers regional CLE programs in specific EPA regions, periodic newsletters highlighting regional and state issues, and cosponsoring timely programs of regional interest with state bar associations, other ABA-SEER committees, academic institutions and other organizations. As such, it is a great place to get current information on a wide range of regional environmental developments. If you’re a member of one or more ABA-SEER substantive committees that focus on subject matter relevant to your practice, SRECC is a great additional committee membership that cuts across programs and brings many regional developments into focus.
Committee Structure
The SRECC Committee has Regional Vice Chairs, listed to the right on this webpage, for all of the EPA Regions, and other Vice Chairs with responsibilities common to most ABA-SEER committees (membership, newsletter, programs, technology, public service, etc.). Our Regional Vice Chairs provide updates on issues and programs of interest in our newsletters and via periodic listserv communication with all of the committee’s members. They also communicate with state bar leaders and environmental agency representatives in their respective regions, for newsletter updates and to collaborate and cosponsor programs of interest to environmental practitioners. We hold monthly calls among the committee’s leadership to review ongoing projects and activities.
SRECC Programs for 2009-2010
SRECC is planning a number of programs for the 2009-2010 ABA year. We hold regional programs (1-2 day conferences), quick teleconferences, brown bags and “state bar idea exchanges” at our regional programs and other significant programs of the Section, including the Fall Section Meeting in Baltimore this year and the Annual Winter Meeting of the Environmental Committees to be held in Salt Lake City next March.
SRECC most recently held regional programs in Region 4 (May 2009) and Region 5 (July 2009), and has plans for additional programs in Region 8 (November 5-6, 2009 in Denver), and either Region 1 or Region 6 (dates in 2010 to be determined).
Also new for this year will be one or more Quick Teleconferences to meet the new Regional Administrators of EPA, soon to be appointed. Stay tuned for details on these programs which will feature 2 or 3 new RAs in each 75-90 minute teleconference. Watch for SRECC newsletter updates if you are already a SRECC member (or access via the Newsletter link upper right on this webpage) regarding these and other planned committee programs.
Please also check out the SRECC EPA and State Agency Resource Site accessible via the link to the right on this webpage. This committee-developed resource contains a lengthy collection of links to various EPA and state agency webpages of relevance to environmental practitioners. If you would like to suggest additional links to be added to the SRECC Resource Site, please contact Mike McLaughlin, our technology Vice Chair, and he’ll be glad to add them to this growing collection.
Thanks for checking out the SRECC webpage within ABA-SEER’s growing online resources. Please let us know if you found it useful, and how we can make it a better place to find the information of a regional nature that you want and need in your practice. Just email me, John Jacus, at the email listed upper left, or any of the SRECC Vice Chairs, and I will be sure to work with SRECC leadership to be responsive to your suggestions.
Activities
The Committee sponsors conferences in each EPA region. The conferences are co-sponsored by the EPA region and the environmental and natural resources sections of the state bar associations (and often municipal bar associations) within each region. A cross-section of speakers includes federal, state, and local regulators, as well as private and public interests lawyers, consultants, and corporate officials. The frequency of these programs varies with the region. In those regions where distance make an in-person program difficult, the Committee attempts to provide alternative programs to achieve the same connection between practitioners in the regulated community and in the regulating agencies.
Announcing: Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region 1, May 8, 2007, The Westin Copley Place, Boston.
Purchase Course Materials: Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region 4, May 17, 2007, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, GA
At the Section Fall Meeting, the Committee moderates an "idea exchange" among Committee and Section members regarding common and innovative ideas used by state bar environmental sections across the country.
At the Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Keystone, Colo.), the Committee facilitates regional roundtables with EPA and private/public interest attorneys.
Committee Resources
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The Clean Air Act Handbook, Second Edition
The updated and expanded edition of The Clean Air Act Handbook is a current guide to one of the most complicated and extensive pieces of environmental legislation ever written. This thoughtful, well-written analysis of the Clean Air Act is comprehensive in scope, providing detailed coverage not only of the statute, but also a careful examination of the EPA's implementing regulations and policy guidance. |
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Basic Practice Series: EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act)
This is a convenient and conscient guide to EPCRA and the regulations implementing the Act. Topics covered include: Emergency planning and notification; Substances and facilities subject to the EPCRA emergency planning process; Routine reporting requirements and MSDS reporting; General provisions; and Trade secret factors and EPA trade secret regulation. |
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Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Global Climate Change and U.S. Law provides comprehensive coverage of the country's law as it relates to global climate change. After a summary of the factual and scientific background, Part I outlines the international and national legal framework of climate change regulation and associated litigation. Part II describes emerging regional, state and local actions, and includes a 50-state survey. Part III covers issues of concern to corporations, including disclosure, fiduciary duties, insurance, and subsidies. Part IV examines the legal aspects of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as voluntary efforts, emissions trading, and carbon sequestration. Global Climate Change and U.S. Law includes key resource aids, including a glossary of climate related terms; a list of acronyms; extensive endnotes; and a comprehensive index. |
State and Regional Environmental Cooperation Navigation
SRECC EPA Resource Site
The SRECC sub-committee has compiled an exhaustive listing of Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource websites that is searchable by state and EPA region. If you feel there is a link that should be added please let us know.
Leadership
Chair:
John R. Jacus
Vice Chairs:
Committee Newsletters
Edward M. Callaway
Membership
James T. Price
Programs
Mary Simmons Mendoza
Public Service
Brian M. Rayback
Technology
Michael W. McLaughlin
Additional (Region 1)
Philip F.W. Ahrens
Additional (Region 2)
Kristin Etela
Additional (Region 3)
Kelly A. Gable
Additional (Region 4)
Beverlee Silva
Additional (Region 5)
Linda Mindrutiu
Additional (Region 6)
Matthew A. Paque
Additional (Region 7)
James T. Price
Additional (Region 8)
Lauren C. Buehler
