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Recorded on: Jan. 31, 2013

Taken from the briefing FERC: Policing the Physical Energy Markets recorded January, 2013. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) became an enforcement agency in 2005 when Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act, which authorized the agency, inter alia, to impose million-dollar a day penalties and police against manipulation of the physical electric energy and natural gas markets.  FERC implemented this authority by ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello, my name is Amy Taub. And I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, FERC-- Policing the Physical Energy Markets. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook tab in the ...

Course Handbook from the program Environmental Regulation 2012: Hot Topics, Commercial Implications and Management Strategies, held March, 2012.

From the program: Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:00:15]Environmental and Land Use Law  [01:00:15] Oil spills and hazardous substance releases, reporting and cleanup obligations Cleanup liability for harm for release of oil or hazardous substances Regulatory issues (OSHA, EPA, state and municipal) ...

Recorded on: May. 9, 2013

Taken from the briefing Sierra Club v. EPA: Clean Air Act Permitting Becomes Even More Complicated and Onerous recorded May, 2013.On January 22, 2013, the court in Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 10-1413 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 22, 2013) issued a decision with far reaching implications for sources seeking a Clean Air Act permit under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. The decision addressed two screening tools – Significant ...

Released on: Aug. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Fracking: Drilling Down on the Latest Regulatory, Research and Litigation Developments 2013 recorded July, 2013.Viewed by many as the key to our nation’s energy independence, expanded hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the United States has raised concerns from some about potentially adverse environmental, health, and safety impacts. These concerns have generated a considerable amount of publicity and media coverage ...

• Aug. 14, 2013

Scheduled Release Date: October 2013

• Dec. 6, 2013 New York, NY

Join PLI and senior government officials for a detailed discussion of what will be the focal point of national environmental policy in 2013 - EPA’s promulgation, enforcement, and defense of its environmental regulations and the courts’ decisions on challenges to EPA’s regulatory actions. We will provide incisive analysis of the new regulatory requirements and their compliance implications.Seasoned practitioners, senior government officials and ...