AGENDA
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CT Water Law Conference |
| Directions to Northeast Untilities' Berlin Headquarters (107 Selden Street) can be found at: http://www.nu.com/business/directions/default.asp | |
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Water Law in Connecticut: Balancing Needs for Fish and Faucet |
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Conference on December 2, 2005 |
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8:30
a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Northeast
Utilities Auditorium
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Berlin,
Connecticut
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This
event will be a gathering of water law experts and practitioners in the
field to address the state's law and policy regarding our most valuable
natural resource.
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Who
owns the water in Connecticut?
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Who's
entitled to water? Who controls it?
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Is
water a property right? A commodity?
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How
does Connecticut allocate water? How should we?
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Is
the law the same for ground water as surface water?
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Do
fish have standing?
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What
should Connecticut do now to ensure healthy waters for the future? Who
decides?
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If
you think you know the answers to these questions, come and learn what
others think.
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If
you are not sure of the answers, come and hear what other people think.
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If
you think these questions aren't important to your life, think again.
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Sponsored
by:
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Yale
Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems
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Rivers
Alliance of Connecticut
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Natural
Resources Council of Connecticut
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Co-Sponsored
by:
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Trout
Unlimited
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LFR Levine-Fricke | |
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Connecticut
River Watershed Council
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Murtha Cullina LLP | |
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Connecticut
Water Works Association
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Northeast Utilities | |
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Connecticut
Institute of Water Resources
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Reid & Riege, P.C. | |
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Connecticut
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
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Robert L. Berchem and Stephen W. Studer of Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C. | |
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League
of Women Voters of Connecticut
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Tighe & Bond | |
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CONFERENCE
AGENDA
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| 8:30 a.m. | Registration | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome | |
| Martha Smith, Director, Yale Center for Coastal & Watershed Systems | ||
| Kerry Kuhlman, Vice President, Northeast Utilities | ||
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| 9:10 a.m. | Introduction to CT Water Law | |
| What does 'Regulated Riparian' mean? | ||
| What are the current Law's gaps and weaknesses? | ||
| Kurt A. Strasser, University of Connecticut School of Law | ||
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| 10:00 a.m. | Determining Private Rights Versus "Public" Rights: Is the Process Working? | |
| Panel Discussion followed by Audience Questions and Debate | ||
| Moderator, Gregory A. Sharp, Murtha Cullina, LLP | ||
| William H. Bright Jr., McCarter & English, LLP | ||
| Karin P. Sheldon, Vermont Law School | ||
| David Silverstone, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority | ||
| Marshall T. Chiaraluce, Connecticut Water Company | ||
| Noon | The Clean Water Act and the Supreme Court | |
| What do the pending cases mean for CT? | ||
| Lunch Speaker | ||
| Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School | ||
| Introduced by Curt Johnson, CT Fund for the Environment | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | A Hypothetical Water War | |
| Moderator, Ralph Abele, US EPA Region 1 | ||
| Kirt Mayland, Trout Unlimited | ||
| Christopher Rooney, Carmody & Torrance | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | How Do We Solve Present and Future Water Problems? And Who Does this Solving? | |
| Moderator, Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of CT Dept of Environmental Protection | ||
| Mark P. Smith, The Nature Conservancy | ||
| Russ Brenneman, CT League of Conservation Voters' Education Fund | ||
| Claire Bennitt, Natural Resources Council of CT | ||
| David Radka, Connecticut Water Company | ||
| James MacBroom, Milone & MacBroom | ||
| 3:25 p.m. | Conference Summary | |
| David Wrinn, Assistant Attorney General, CT Attorney General's Office | ||
| For more information contact: | ||
| Margaret Miner at Rivers Alliance of Connecticut | ||
| rivers@riversalliance.org or 860-693-1602 | ||
| Martha Smith at Yale Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems | ||
| martha.smith@yale.edu or 203-432-3026 | ||
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