Symposium

The EPA at 40

January 24, 2011

Duke University
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson Street
Durham, NC 27708-0341

Co-sponsored by:
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
Duke Law School
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

This event celebrates the 40th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December 1970. It follows on two prior events held at Duke Law School: “The EPA at 20,” held in 1990; and “The EPA at 30,” held in 2000.

Agenda for 2011 Symposium

8:00-8:45 a.m.
Sign-In and Breakfast

8:45-9:00 a.m.
Welcomes by Holly Sanders and Leah Shen

9:00-10:15 a.m.
Panel 1 – EPA’s Past and Future
Moderator: Jonathan B. Wiener, Duke University

  • Gordon Binder, World Wildlife Fund and Aqua International Partners; former EPA Chief of Staff
  • Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt University; former EPA Chief of Staff
  • Richard “Pete” Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:30-11:45 a.m.
Panel 2 – EPA and Politics
Moderator: Tim Profeta, Nicholas Institute, Duke University

  • E. Donald Elliott, Wilkie Farr; Yale and Georgetown Law Schools; former EPA General Counsel
  • David Schoenbrod, New York Law School
  • John D. Graham, Indiana University; former Administrator, OMB/OIRA

11:45-12:30 p.m.
Lunch
At the Sarah Duke Gardens

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Keynote Address

  • William K. Reilly, Aqua International Partners and TPG Capital; former Administrator, EPA; former president, WWF and The Conservation Foundation.

1:45-3:00 p.m.
Panel 3 – EPA and the Courts
Moderator: James Salzman, Duke University

  • Robert L. Glicksman, George Washington University School of Law
  • Christopher H. Schroeder, Duke University; on leave at US Department of Justice
  • David T. Buente, Jr., Sidley Austin; former chief of environmental enforcement, US DOJ

3:15-4:30 p.m.
Panel 4 – EPA and Emerging Science
Moderator: Gail Charnley, Health Risk Strategies

  • Linda Birnbaum, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  • Lorenz Rhomberg, Gradient Corporation
  • Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

4:30-5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

After “The EPA at 40,” all participants are invited to relocate to the Bryan Center, Duke University, for the following special event:

5:00 p.m.
Remarks on the Oil Spill Commission

6:15 p.m.
Reception – in the Bryan Center

Registration is FREE and open to the public, but please register here in order to facilitate planning. Registration can also be completed on the day of the symposium.