Event Details

Varnum and Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resource Institute invite you to the annual Water Law Seminar for up-to-date information and insights on Michigan's water laws and the future of water issues.

Schedule:

7:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast

8:00 a.m. Welcome, and Legal & Policy Update, presented by Tim Lundgren, Chair of Varnum's Water Practice Group

8:30 a.m. Keynote: Plans and Priorities for Michigan's Office of the Great Lakes, presented by Patty Birkholz, Director of the Office of the Great Lakes

9:00 a.m. Hydraulic Fracturing in Natural Gas Recovery - Responding to Questions About Water Resource Impacts Panel

Panel members include:

• Hal Fitch, Chief, Office of Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Quality
• Wayne Pennington, Professor of Geophysical Engineering and Chair of Michigan Tech's Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
• Edward J. Hinchey, ERM Team Leader for Shale Bed Methane/Marcellus Shale Practice Area

10:15 a.m. Breakout Sessions

• Wetlands Permitting and Compliance, presented by Matt MacGregor, King & MacGregor, & Matt Zimmerman, Varnum
• Emerging Contaminants in Water Resources, presented by Michael Sklash, Dragun Corp., and Dave Preston, Varnum
• Stormwater and NPDES Permitting, presented by Steve Kapeller, Barr Engineering, and Tim Lundgren, Varnum

11:15 a.m. Great Lakes Restoration - Why Science Matters, presented by Al Steinman, Director of the Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University

12:00 p.m. Lunch Topic: Invasive Species in the Great Lakes and Michigan's Inland Lakes, presented by Dan O'Keefe, Michigan Sea Grant & Tony Groves, Progressive AE

Reserve your seat by February 16, 2011. Register and pay online or contact events@varnumlaw.com with questions.

If you are registering more than one attendee, please send the names and contact information of the additional attendees to events@varnumlaw.com.