Conference of Western Attorneys General: Western Attorneys General Litigation Action Committee’s Natural Resource Damages Symposium, San Francisco, July 31, 2017

Common Law Foundations, Parens Patriae, and Statutory Bases for State Natural Resource Damages Claims

• Introduction to Natural Resource Damages:  The Legal Framework, Claims & Damages (John D.S. Gilmour, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)

Importance of Groundwater Rights and NRD to the Western Attorneys General

• Who Controls Water Resources? (Clive Strong, Idaho Office of the Attorney General)

Tribal Treaty Claims and Interests in Natural Resources

• Tribal Claims and Interests in Natural Resource Damages Implications of the Culvert Case (Fronda Woods, Washington Office of the Attorney General)

Strategies and Impacts When State, Federal and Tribal Trustees Are Not Acting in Concert

• Practical Implications of Regulatory Reform in the Trump Era & Impacts on Trustee Relations (Bill Jackson, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)

Recent Developments in Pursuing NRD Claims

• Recent Scientific Developments in Natural Resource Injury Assessment and Quantification (Connie Travers, MS, Abt Associates)

• Strategies for Prosecuting Claims for Environmental Harms:  Pursue All of Your Claims and Damages (Bill Jackson, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)

The Future of Chevron Deference

• The Chevron Doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court & Justice Gorsuch:  Are Major Changes Afoot? (Rick Frank, UC Davis School of Law)

Federal Facilities

• Introduction to NRD & Federal Facilities:  When the Feds Wear All the Hats (John D.S. Gilmour, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)

• Potential Process for Recovering Environmental Costs From the U.S. Government (A.J. Gravel with FTI Consulting, Inc.)

Settlements, Restoration Opportunities, and the Passaic River Example

• The Passaic River Litigation A Case for Early Restoration:  (Bill Jackson, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)