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Schedule Registration Housing |
| Saturday, January 8, 2000 8:30-10:15 a.m. |
Marriott Ballroom Salon I
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Lobby Level |
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Joint Program of Sections on Agricultural Law,
Environmental Law and Natural Resources |
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| John C. Becker, Pennsylvania State University, and Chair and Program Co-Chair, Section on Agricultural Law | |
| William L. Andreen, University of Alabama, and Chair, Section on Environmental Law | |
| William F. Funk, Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law, and Chair, Section on Natural Resources | |
| Linda A. Malone, College of William & Mary, Program Co-Chair, Section on Agricultural Law |
| State and Federal Approaches to Controlling Pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations |
| Moderators: | |
| John C. Becker, Pennsylvania State University
Linda A. Malone, College of William & Mary |
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| Speakers: | |
| Michael B. Cook, Director, Office of Wastewater Management,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Additional speakers to be announced |
| Water quality focused environmental law and regulation has evolved to the stage where pollution generated by agricultural point and non-point sources is given considerable attention in regulatory offices at state and national levels. Existing provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act direct considerable focus toward pollution from point sources, whether a manufacturing or an agricultural production facility. Compliance with such provisions in the agricultural production industry has been questioned. In the past five years, states have taken significant steps to address environmental and public safety issues generated by agricultural production facilities. As this sector of the economy evolves to secure advantages from economies of scale, federal, state, and local concerns are being raised about the environmental consequences of the results of this evolution. This program is intended to highlight the current EPA strategy for dealing with the environmental effects of large size animal production facilities as well as to highlight steps which states have taken to address similar issues from the state perspectives. Do these steps represent a new direction for environmental law and regulation, or do they signify enhanced enforcement attention being paid to existing provisions? These and other critical issues will be discussed during this program. |
| Business Meeting of Section on Agricultural Law at Program Conclusion |