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2009

Texas Water Law Institute

Austin Dec 9*, 10-11, 2009 Hyatt Regency Austin
*optional Wed Evening session
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Overview

Experts and practitioners cover hot water issues from around the state. This year's program's highlights include Commissioner Jerry Patterson's update from the Texas General Land Office, water marketing, groundwater management issues, and more.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 December 9, 2009
  • Day 2 December 10, 2009
  • Day 3 December 11, 2009
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Wednesday Evening, Dec. 9, 2009
  • 5:30 pm
    Optional Session - Registration Opens
    Included in conference registration fee.

  • 6:00 pm
    1.50 hrs
    Texas Water Law Overview
    An overview of Texas water law cases, statutes, and regulations, including vocabulary and acronyms necessary to understanding Texas water law.  This session is designed for practitioners unfamiliar with the subject area, as well as non-lawyers, governmental officials, and engineers. 

    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX

  • Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Dec. 10, 2009
    Presiding Officer:
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:50 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Perspective on CCN's
    Is further modification necessary or desirable?

    Bill Callegari, Texas House of Representatives - Houston, TX

  • 9:30 am
    1.00 hr
    Groundwater Ownership in Texas: When Does It Vest?
    A pro and con discussion of the issues raised by City of Del Rio v. Hamilton Trust and Edwards Aquifer v. Day, cases that are now pending for review before the Texas Supreme Court and the potential implications of the decisions.

    Sydney W. Falk Jr., Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Darcy Alan Frownfelter, Kemp Smith - Austin, TX

  • 10:30 am
    Break

  • IS THERE A FUTURE FOR WATER MARKETING IN TEXAS?

  • 10:45 am
    0.50 hr
    Economic Perspective on Water Marketing in Texas
    Mechanisms for making groundwater marketing work. Why is it so hard to market water in Texas?

    William E. Avera, FINCAP, INC. - Austin, TX

  • 11:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Texas Water Marketing in Perspective
    Comparing the water marketing framework in Texas with the framework in other key western states.

    Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Environmental Defense Fund - Austin, TX

  • 11:45 am
    Break to Pick-Up Box Lunch
    Included in conference registration.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 10, 2009
    Presiding Officer:
    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
  • 12:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Update
    From the Pink Dome: significant water and environmental legislation courtesy of the 81st Legislature.

    Mark McPherson, McPherson LawFirm, PC - Dallas, TX

  • 12:30 pm
    Break

  • GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN TEXAS

  • 12:45 pm
    1.00 hr
    Local Control of Groundwater: Can It Work?
    Is local control working, and for whom? Should local districts be the state’s preferred method of groundwater management? When do their regulations go too far?

    Steve Kosub, San Antonio Water System - San Antonio, TX

  • 1:45 pm
    1.00 hr
    Role of Groundwater Districts: Desired Future Conditions
    How well is the process working?

    Horace Grace, Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District - Killeen, TX
    Marvin Winston Jones, Sprouse Shrader Smith PC - Amarillo, TX
    Daniel L. Krienke, North Plains Groundwater District/Groundwater Management Area 1 - Perryton, TX
    Randy Williams, Bar-W Groundwater Exploration - Sunset Valley, TX

  • 2:45 pm
    Break

  • 3:00 pm
    0.75 hr ethics
    Talking Out Loud:  Ex Parte Communications and the Beleaguered Bureaucrat
    This presentation explores the implications of Ethics Advisory Opinion 587and the ways that opinion has, or has not, altered our understanding of the ban on ex parte communications in contested administrative cases. 

    Ron Lynn Beal, Baylor Law School - Waco, TX
    Lou Bright, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission - Austin, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    1.75 hrs
    Developing and Implementing Environmental Flows Criteria
    The legal framework and overview of the environmental flow determination process.

    A case study: the Trinity Basin from different perspectives.

    Concludes with Q&A with the panel.

    Colette Barron Bradsby, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Austin, TX
    W. H. Espey Jr., Espey Consultants, Inc. - Austin, TX
    Ken Kramer, Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club - Austin, TX
    Jim Oliver, Tarrant Regional Water District - Fort Worth, TX

  • 5:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Dec. 11, 2009
    Presiding Officer:
    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Conference Room Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 9:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Climate Change: Relevance to Water Planning?
    Is there really going to be less water available?  Do we need to adjust plans to compensate?

    George H. Ward Jr., Center for Research in Water Resources - Austin, TX

  • 9:30 am
    0.75 hr
    Federal Issues in State Water Law
    What recent Federal Court decisions, legislation and regulation may mean to state water management.

    Roderick E. Walston, Best Best & Krieger LLP - Walnut Creek, CA

  • 10:15 am
    Break

  • 10:30 am
    0.75 hr
    Energy and Water Supplies
    A discussion of the technical implications of cutting-edge innovations in water conservation, usage and alternative energy sources.

    Michael E. Webber, University of Texas Mechanical Engineering Department - Austin, TX

  • 11:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program
    An update on status and future direction.

    Robert L. Gulley, Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program Institute of Renewable Natural Resources - San Antonio, TX

  • 11:45 am
    0.33 hr
    The Status of Expedited Decertification
    An update of cases, policy and issues related to TCEQ's expedited CCN decertification program and how the program impacts landowners and CCN holders.

    Leonard H. Dougal, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • Friday Afternoon, Dec. 11, 2009
    Presiding Officer:
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX
  • 12:05 pm
    Break to Pick Up Lunch
    Included in conference registration fee.

  • 12:20 pm
    0.50 hr
    Update on Texas General Land Office's Water Related Programs
    An overview of the Coastal Resources Division, and current water rights issues, including:

       -- Open Beaches: public access with changing shorelines
       -- State Owned Groundwater: its marketing and regulation

    Jerry Patterson, Texas General Land Office - Austin, TX

  • 12:50 pm
    Break

  • 1:05 pm
    1.00 hr
    Innovative Strategies for Creating Water Supplies
    How can more water be "created" within the State guidelines? This discussion includes consideration of environmental requirements and alternatives from a hydrological perspective.

    Bob Brandes, Robert J. Brandes Consulting - Austin, TX
    Robert Huston, Former Chair, TCEQ - Austin, TX

  • 2:05 pm
    0.75 hr
    System Operation of Existing Reservoirs and Water Rights as a New Source of Water
    How and why it works.  The Brazos River Authority's system operation permit application, anticipated challenges and benefits of system operation. 

    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Tom Gooch, Freese and Nichols - Fort Worth, TX
    David Wheelock, Brazos River Authority - Waco, TX

  • 2:50 pm
    Break

  • 3:00 pm
    1.00 hr ethics
    The Big Deal:  Ethics of Negotiations Involving Economic Development
    A discussion of ethical pitfalls, problem areas, conflict and confidentiality issues, and recommended approaches to negotiating economic development deals involving governmental entities, large out-of-state companies, investors, landowners and locals.

    Ross Fischer, Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, P.C. - San Antonio, TX

  • 4:00 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 December 9, 2009
  • Day 2 December 10, 2009
  • Day 3 December 11, 2009
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Conference Faculty

William E. Avera

FINCAP, INC.
Austin, TX

Ron Lynn Beal

Baylor Law School
Waco, TX

Colette Barron Bradsby

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Austin, TX

Bob Brandes

Robert J. Brandes Consulting
Austin, TX

Lou Bright

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Austin, TX

Bill Callegari

Texas House of Representatives
Houston, TX

Doug Caroom

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Leonard H. Dougal

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

W. H. Espey Jr.

Espey Consultants, Inc.
Austin, TX

Sydney W. Falk Jr.

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Ross Fischer

Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, P.C.
San Antonio, TX

Darcy Alan Frownfelter

Kemp Smith
Austin, TX

Tom Gooch

Freese and Nichols
Fort Worth, TX

Horace Grace

Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District
Killeen, TX

Robert L. Gulley

Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program Institute of Renewable Natural Resources
San Antonio, TX

Robert Huston

Former Chair, TCEQ
Austin, TX

Marvin Winston Jones

Sprouse Shrader Smith PC
Amarillo, TX

Mary Elizabeth Kelly

Environmental Defense Fund
Austin, TX

Steve Kosub

San Antonio Water System
San Antonio, TX

Ken Kramer

Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club
Austin, TX

Daniel L. Krienke

North Plains Groundwater District/Groundwater Management Area 1
Perryton, TX

Jim Mathews

Mathews & Freeland LLP
Austin, TX

Mark McPherson

McPherson LawFirm, PC
Dallas, TX

Jim Oliver

Tarrant Regional Water District
Fort Worth, TX

Jerry Patterson

Texas General Land Office
Austin, TX

Roderick E. Walston

Best Best & Krieger LLP
Walnut Creek, CA

George H. Ward Jr.

Center for Research in Water Resources
Austin, TX

Michael E. Webber

University of Texas Mechanical Engineering Department
Austin, TX

David Wheelock

Brazos River Authority
Waco, TX

Randy Williams

Bar-W Groundwater Exploration
Sunset Valley, TX

Planning Committee

Tom Bohl

Attorney General's Office
Austin, TX

Doug Caroom

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Todd D. Chenoweth

TCEQ
Austin, TX

Leonard H. Dougal

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Ronald Jay Freeman

Freeman & Corbett
Austin, TX

Renea Hicks

Attorney at Law
Austin, TX

Hollis L. Levy

University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Richard W. Lowerre

Lowerre, Frederick, Perales, Allmon & Rockwell
Austin, TX

Robert Mace

Texas Water Development Board
Austin, TX

Jim Mathews

Mathews & Freeland LLP
Austin, TX

Ed McCarthy

Jackson Sjoberg McCarthy & Wilson LLP
Austin, TX

Mark McPherson

McPherson LawFirm, PC
Dallas, TX

Hon. Jan P. Patterson

Third Court of Appeals
Austin, TX

P. Bane Phillippi

Austin, TX

Bruce Wasinger

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA)
Seguin, TX

Credit Info

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MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 15.00 hrs  |  1.75 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Real Estate Law
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
Toggle view California – 15.00 hrs  |  1.75 hrs Ethics
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Other Credit
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 18.00 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.
Toggle view TX Professional Engineer – 15.00 hrs
This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm

Key Dates

Austin – Dec 9*, 10-11, 2009 – Hyatt Regency Austin
*optional Wed Evening session
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  • Austin
Standard Registration
Last day for $450.00 Regular pricing: Dec 2, 2009

$500.00 for registrations received after this time

Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
Last day for $350.00 Regular pricing: Dec 2, 2009

$400.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Dec 4, 2009

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Dec 7, 2009

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Hyatt Regency Austin

208 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX
512.477.1234 (reservations)

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$169.00 good through Nov 9, 2009

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$5 Self-Parking

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