33rd ANNUAL TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERCONFERENCE

“We’re Baaack!”

Thursday – Friday ● August 5 – 6, 2021 Four Seasons Hotel ● Austin, Texas

PRESENTED BY:

Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

Air & Waste Management Association, Southwest Section Water Environment Association of Texas

ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources

SUPPORTED BY:

EarthX

7:45 am to 8:30 am REGISTRATION—

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST “Working my way back to you babe”

8:30 am to 8:55 am OPENING REMARKS “Welcome back”

Jeff Civins, Senior Counsel, Haynes and Boone, LLP

8:55 am to 9:00 am EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan (prerecorded) “I can see clearly now” MODERATOR:

Peter Gregg, Partner, DuBois Bryant & Campbell

9:00 am to 9:45 am CASE LAW UPDATE “Back in black”

Tyler J. Ryska, Assistant Attorney General, Enforcement Section of Environmental Protection Division of the Texas Attorney General Gabrielle Smith, Attorney, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.

9:45 am to 10:30 am LEGISLATIVE UPDATE “Come on to my house”

Kate Goodrich, Government Affairs Consultant, Jackson Walker, L.L.P. Elizabeth Fazio Hale, General Manager/CEO, Gulf Coast Authority

10:30 am to 10:45 am BREAK Sponsored by CCR Corp.

10:45 am to 12:00 pm AIR QUALITY “Every breath you take”

Anne Idsal Austin, Partner, Pillsbury Dr. Loren Hopkins, Professor in the Practice, Rice University, Chief Environmental Science Officer, Bureau Chief Community and Children’s Environmental Health, City of Houston Health Department Edward Clark Lewis, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Terry Salem, Staff Attorney, TCEQ

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm LUNCH Sponsored by EnSafe

MODERATOR: Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Managing Partner, Baker Wotring LLP

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm EMERGING CONTAMINANTS “I got you under my skin”

Melanie Benesh, Legislative Attorney, Environmental Working Group

THURSDAY—AUGUST 5

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Partner,

Baker Botts L.L.P. Michael E. Honeycutt Ph.D., Chief Toxicologist, Toxicology Division, TCEQ

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm CEQ/NEPA “The Times They Are A-Changin’”

Justin R. Pidot, General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality (Virtual)

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm BREAK Sponsored by Geosyntec

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm EPA RA/TCEQ COMMISSIONER “Leaders of the Pack”

David Gray, Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Robert (Bobby) Janecka Commissioner, TCEQ

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE “Don’t Stop Believin’”

Erin E. Chancellor, Director, Office of Legal Services, TCEQ (Invited) Stephanie Hall, Litigation Counsel, Valero Energy Corporation

Matthew S. Tejada, Director, Office of Environmental Justice, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. U.S. EPA

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm RECEPTION Sponsored by Langan

7:45 am to 8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Sponsored by Ramboll

8:15 am to 8:30 am OPENING REMARKS “Good Day Sunshine”

Jeff Civins

MODERATOR: Pam Giblin, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Leadership Council

8:30 am to 9:00 am OIL AND GAS UPDATE “We can work it out”

Emily Lindley, Commissioner, TCEQ

9:00 am to 10:00 am INFRASTRUCTURE “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”

Hon. Rafael Anchia, Representative, Texas House of Representatives (Virtual) Ann D. Navaro, Partner, Bracewell LLP Robert Powelson, President & CEO, National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) (Virtual)

FRIDAY—AUGUST 6

10:00 am to 10:30 am LAB TESTING “The Test of Time”

Rock J Vitale, CEAC, Technical Director of Chemistry, Environmental Standards, Inc.

10:30 am to 10:45 am BREAK

10:45 am to 12:00 pm CLIMATE CHANGE “Here Comes the Sun”

Speaker from U.S. EPA (To be announced) James B. Blackburn, Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law, Rice University Charles (Chuck) H. Knauss, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP John Wagner, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, American Petroleum Institute

12:00 pm to 1:15 pm LUNCH Sponsored by Terracon

1:15 pm to 1:30 pm ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW SECTION OF THE SBOT

David Klein, Chair

MODERATOR: Cynthia Bishop, President, C. Bishop Law

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm ESG ETHICS “I won’t back down”

Conrad Bolston, Senior Associate, Vinson & Elkins Mike Dillinger, Executive Director & Senior Counsel, NuStar Energy L.P.

Lawrence M. Heim, Editor, practicalESG.com, CCR Group

Maria Dunn, Chief Governance Officer, Phillips 66

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ETHICS, THE MEDIA, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW “Honestly”

Nathan Koppel, Director of Media Relations, Haynes and Boone, LLP Tony Lucisano, Associate, Baker Botts Irma Russell, Edward A. Smith/Missouri Chair in Law, the Constitution, and Society, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (Virtual)

3:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS “Bye, Bye, Baby”

Jeff Civins

REGISTRATION: Please register online at www.texenrls.org. COURSE MATERIALS: Will be online. There will be no printed materials.

REGISTRANTS: Will receive a confirmation email after online registration. Please bring the confirmation email with you to the conference. If you do not receive an email within 24 hours of online registration, please contact Superconference as you may not be registered.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Please be aware that attendance is significantly limited, and we will not accept any on-site registrations at the conference. Registration is on-line only and is first come, first served. We encourage you to register early. When we reach registration capacity, we will maintain a waitlist and reach out to people on the waitlist if capacity becomes available. CANCELLATION POLICY: Registrants will receive a full refund if cancellation notice is received by July 20, 2021. After this date, a $150 cancellation fee will be assessed. Cancellations after July 29, 2021 will not receive a refund of any part of the registration fee, but you may substitute an attendee by notifying Superconference prior to August 3, 2021.

CLE: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 11.25 hours of CLE credit, of which 2 hours can be applied to the Ethics requirement. We have applied for approval from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for 11.25 hours for the following specialty fields: Administrative Law; Civil Trial Law; Civil Appellate Law; Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; and Real Estate Law.

SPONSORS

The Texas Environmental Superconference recognizes its sponsors for their generous support of the conference and the programs of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section.

LAW FIRM SPONSORS

SUPPORTED BY

CONSULTANT SPONSORS

PERTINENT INFORMATION

CLE: We have applied to the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE for 11.25 hours of CLE credit, 2 hours of which will be for Ethics. We have also applied for approval from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for 11.25 hours for the following specialty fields: Administrative Law; Civil Trial Law; Civil Appellate Law; Oil, Gas and Mineral Law; and Real Estate Law.

PARKING: Conference attendees receive a discounted self-parking rate of $16/day in the Four Seasons Hotel garage, but parking is very limited. Information on parking alternatives can be found at www.texenrls.org. Overnight parking for hotel guests is an additional charge.

DRESS: Casual (It’s Austin! In August!))

HOTEL: We’ve arranged a limited hotel block with discounted rates at the FOUR SEASONS HOTEL: 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, Texas 78701. To book a room, please contact the Four Seasons—by phone (512-478-4500) or online www.fourseasons.com. Discounted rates for our hotel block are: City View King – $289/night and Lake View King – $334/night.

Group Name: Texas Environmental Supercon Block Rate Code: Code 210804TEX

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please contact: The Superconference at superconference@texenrls.org . For further information concerning the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, please visit: www.texenrls.org

COMPANY SPONSORS

2021 Planning Committee Jeff Civins, Chair Haynes and Boone, LLP

Peter Thompson Gregg DuBois, Bryant & Campbell L.L.P.

Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas

Carolyn Ahrens Booth & Associates, P.C.

Lydia Gonzalez Gromatzky Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Michael J. Nasi Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Debra Tsuchiyama Baker Baker Wotring LLP

Booker Harrison Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Benjamin R. Rhem Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Stephanie Bergeron Perdue Baker Botts L.L.P.

Tucker Henson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jeffrey A. Saitas Saitas and Seales

Cynthia J. Bishop C Bishop Law PC

Taylor Holcomb Vinson & Elkins LLP

Paul Sarahan Enoch Kever PLLC

Molly Cagle Baker Botts L.L.P.

David Klein Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C

Paul A. Seals Guida, Slavich & Flores

Anthony B. Cavender Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Edward Clark Lewis Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Cynthia C. Smiley Smiley Law Firm

Richard Dexter R-D Consulting, Inc.

Steve McMillen Texas Instruments Incorporated

Christopher David Smith Smith Jolin LLP

Shelly M. Doggett Office of the Attorney General of Texas

Arnoldo Medina Valero Energy Corporation

Dorothy Watson Foley & Gardere/Foley & Lardner, LLP

Lisa Uselton Dyar McGinnis Lochridge LLP

Mary S. Mendoza Haynes and Boone, LLP

Laura L. Whiting Occidental Petroleum Company

Bruce Fogerty EarthX

Tammy Mitchell Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Timothy A. Wilkins Bracewell LLP

Pamela M. Giblin Climate Leadership Council

Bryan J. Moore Beveridge & Diamond, PC

Danny G. Worrell Baker Botts L.L.P.

Phillip M. Goodwin City of Houston

Steve Morton K&L Gates LLP

Andrew Van Osselaer Haynes and Boone LLP