Register now for the 23rd Annual Superconference!

The 23rd edition of the annual Texas Environmental Superconference, generally acknowledged by attendees as the most entertaining and informative of environmental conferences, will be held on Thursday and Friday -- August 4-5, 2011-- in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel.   This year's conference is entitled "Oh, the Places We’ll Go.” Our theme, of course, is Dr. Seuss. The Wednesday evening session, entitled “Wacky Wednesday,” will be a primer on air quality.

Co-sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, the Air & Waste Management Association – Southwest Section, the Water Environment Association of Texas, the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals, The Auditing Roundtable, and the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, the conference routinely draws in excess of 500 attendees, from both the public and private sectors. Because the conference consistently sells out, we encourage you to register early. There will be no walk-in registration. Click here to register now!

Featured speakers this year include: Deputy General Counsel, U.S. EPA, Avi Garbow; Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Litigation, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, John Cruden; Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6, Al Armendariz; Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Secretary, Peggy Hatch; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman Bryan Shaw; and the Honorable Glenn Hegar, Texas Senator and Chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Other speakers include distinguished representatives from the private and public sectors.

Topics include: Legislative Update (“Hooray for Diffendoofer Day”); Groundwater Regulation (“I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today”); Water Quality (“One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”); Vapor Intrusion (“In A People House”); Air Quality (“NOX n’ SOX”); Cooperative Federalism (“Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?”); Environmental Consequences of Energy Choices (“Horton Hears a Who”); Nuclear Power (“The Butter Battle Book”); Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Update (“If I Ran the Circus”); View from LDEQ (“The King’s Stilts”); View from TCEQ (“The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins”); Oil & Gas Regulation, Enforcement, and Litigation (“There’s a Wocket in My Pocket”); View from EPA Headquarters (“Hop on Pop”); View From EPA Region 6 (“Bartholomew and the Oobleck”); Product Stewardship (“The Lorax”); and Environmental Litigation–Ethical Issues (“The Cat in the Hat”).  Click here for the program.

The Wednesday evening program will be a primer on air quality and will include: Overview (“Oh, The Things You Can Think!”); Permitting (“If I Ran the Zoo”); BACT and MACT (“Hunches in Bunches”); and Air Quality Impacts Review (“The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!”).

As always, there are steep discounts for governmental attendees. Although registration must be made online, participants have the option of paying online by credit card or by mailing a check, payable to "State Bar of Texas – Texas Environmental Superconference." Checks may be sent to: Texas Environmental Superconference, 600 Congress, Suite 1300, Austin, TX 78701. For further information, please contact Superconference@haynesboone.com.

Attend the ENRLS Annual Meeting!

The ENRLS annual meeting will be held August 5th at 1:00 p.m. in the Austin Four Seasons Hotel. The annual meeting is scheduled in conjunction with the Texas Environmental Superconference each year. A vote will be taken on the new ENRLS officers and executive committee members. The Four Seasons Hotel is located at 98 San Jacinto Blvd.