The Redevelopment of Contaminated Property: NYS Brownfield Program and Beyond
- Location -
Melville Marriott Long Island
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY
(631) 423-1600
7.0 TOTAL CREDITS
6.0 credit hours of Practice Management and/or Professional
Practice,
including 1.0 ethics credits
This advanced-level course may be used for New York
MCLE credit by all attorneys,
except those who are newly admitted (less than 24 months).
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law
Section
and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York
State Bar Association
DESCRIPTION
This conference, designed for both seasoned practitioners and attorneys
that have limited experience in the environmental field, will address
State programs for the remediation of contaminated property. The
program will provide a description of New York State's Brownfield
Cleanup Program and some discussion of other remediaiton programs.
Issues involving contaminated property that arise in real estate
transactions will be covered in depth, in addition to agency involvement
in the investigation and cleanup process. A panel will also cover
municipal and citizen involvement in the cleanup and redevelopment of
contaminated properties. Reporting obligations, transactional
conflicts and ethical issues will also be covered.
Program Agenda
8:30 -9:00 am REGISTRATION
9:00 – 10:45 BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM vs. THE
INACTIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE PROGRAM
• Definitions
• Eligible vs. Excluded Sites
• Responsible Parties
• Process and Time Frames
• Limitation of Liablility
• Public Participation
• Tax Credits
• Case Law Developments
• Cleanup Standards – Lookup Tables
• Ground Water Strategies
NEW YORK’S OTHER PROGRAMS
• Voluntary Cleanup Program
• Petroleum Spill Program
• RCRA Corrective Action
• New York City’s Brownfield Program
• Local Programs
10:45 – 11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
• Contractual Issues and Negotiations
• The Environmental Assessment Process
• Liability Scheme
• Due Diligence
• Working with Consultants
• Successor Liability
• Environmental Insurance
• Lender Issues
Noon- 1:00 pm LUNCH (on your own)
1:00 – 1:45 AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN TRANSACTIONS AND BROWNFIELD PROCESS
• Freedom of Information Law Requests
• Stipulations, Consent Orders, Brownfield Agreements
• Prospective Purchaser and Tenant Liability Protections
• DEC’s Website
1:45 – 2:30 LAND USE CONTROLS AND SIGN-OFFS
• Tax Credit
• Environmental Easements
• Institutional Controls, Engineering Controls, and Site
Management Plans
• Certificate of Completion/State Agency Sign-off
• Final
Engineering Reports
2:30 – 2:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK
2:45 – 3:40 BROWNFIELD, THE MUNICIPALITY AND CITIZEN PROGRAMS
• Environmental Restoration Program
• Brownfield Opportunity Areas
• Municipal Liability Exemption
• Opportunities
for Private/Public Partnership
• TAG Grants and Citizen Participation
3:40 – 4:30 ETHICAL ISSUES
• Reporting Obligations Including the new Vapor Intrusion
disclosure law
• Transactional Conflicts and Resolution
4:30 pm ADJOURNMENT
Faculty
Program Chair
James P. Rigano, Esq.
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Hauppauge, New York
Local Panel
Long Island
Barry S. Cohen, Esq.
(Local Chair)
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Hauppauge, New York
Fred Eisenbud, Esq.
Law Office of Fred Eisenbud
Commack, New York
Scott Furman, Esq.
Tannenbaum, Helpern, Syracuse & Hirschritt
New York, New York
Aaron Gershonowitz, Esq.
Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo &
Cohn, LLP
Mineola, New York
Anne Marie Jones
Commissioner, Town of Babylon
Lindenhurst, New York
Sarah Lansdale, AICP
Sustainable Long Island
Garden City, New York
Miriam Villani, Esq.
Sahn Ward & Baker, PLLC
Uniondale, New York
Program Locations
Important Note: If you plan to pre-register within 10
days of the program or register at the door, please call us at
1-800-582-2452 or in Albany and surrounding area, dial 518-463-3724, to
verify that the program is not sold out or that the date or location has
not been changed. Those who pre-register at least 10 days in advance of
the program will automatically be notified of any such changes and will
receive a full refund up to the day prior to the program, if they cannot
attend and notify us of their cancellation. Please pre-register as early
as possible.
Tuesday
Radisson Martinique on Broadway
June 2, 2009 49 West 32nd Street
New York City New York, New York
10001
Ph:
(212) 736-3800
Thursday
New York State Bar Association
June 4, 2009 1 Elk Street
Albany
Albany, New York 12207
Ph: (518) 463-3200
Thursday
Holiday Inn Carrier Circle
June 4, 2009 6555 Old Collamer
Road S
Syracuse
E. Syracuse, New York 13057
Ph: (315)
437-2761
Wednesday
Melville Marriott
June 10 2009 1350 Old Walt Whitman
Road
Long Island
Melville, New York 11747
Ph: (631) 423-1600
Long Island - Directions
From Eastern Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) West to
Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington). Stay on the Service Road and after
the second light, the hotel is on the right hand side. From Western Long
Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South
(Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light into Old Walt
Whitman Road. Stay on Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the
right side. From the Northern State Parkway: Take the Northern State
Parkway to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South). Continue to the westbound
Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto
the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the
Southern State Parkway: Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North
(Route 110 Huntington) to the Service Road of the Long Island Expressway
(495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on
your right hand side. From MacArthur (Islip) Airport: Take Veterans
Memorial Highway (Junction 454) Northbound to the Long Island Expressway
(495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington) Continue on the
Service Road and the hotel is just past the second light on the right
hand side. From LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway
Eastbound to the Northern State Parkway East to Exit 40 South (Route 110
South) Continue to the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island
Expressway (495). Make a right at the light onto the Service Road and
the hotel is on the right hand side. From JFK Airport: Take the JFK
Expressway East to the Belt Parkway East and follow the signs to the
Southern State Parkway East. Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32
North (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left onto the Westbound Service
Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) and the hotel will be on your
right hand side. From Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey
Turnpike North (Route 95) to Exit 13. To the Verrazanno Bridge. From the
bridge take the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to
the Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington).
Make a left at the first light, onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel
will be on your right hand side. From the Verrazanno Bridge, Staten
Island, New Jersey and Brooklyn: Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island
Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 49 South
(Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt
Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Throgs
Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Upstate NY and New England: Cross Island
Parkway South to the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South
(Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt
Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right hand side.
The last day to pre-register online was June 9, 2009.
Members, please login to get member discounts.
| Pricing Information for Member |
| Seminar | |
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| LI-The Redevelopment of Contaminated Property | $225.00 |
| Pricing Information for Non Member |
| Seminar | |
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| LI-The Redevelopment of Contaminated Property | $315.00 |
| Pricing Information for Student |
| Seminar | |
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| LI-The Redevelopment of Contaminated Property | $60.00 |