ACOEL 2017 Annual Meeting
 
Thursday, October 26, 2017
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm                                                                           Registration     Queen Street Gallery, Mills House 
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm  ACOEL Regional 4 Meeting (Tentative)   

 Rutledge/Heyward, Mills House
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm  Welcome Reception Pool Terrace, Mills House (Inclement weather: Barbadoes Room)
8:00 pm and after  No - Host Dinners Excellent restaurants within walking distance of the Mills House are listed under About Charleston.
 Friday, October 27, 2017
7:00 am - 6:00 pm            Registration  Hibernian Hall Rotunda First Floor 
(Located next door to Mills's house)
7:30 am - 8:30 am  Breakfast     Hibernian Hall First Floor
8:30 am - 8:40 am  President's Welcome  Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
8:40 am - 8:50 am  Recognition and Appreciation Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
8:50 am - 10:00 am                                                          Business Meeting, including induction of new Fellows, officers, regents, and in-coming President John Cruden Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
10:00 am - 10:15 am                AM Break    Hibernian Hall Second Floor
10:15 am - Noon     Business Meeting, including meetings and reports of Committees and Task Forces
 Hibernian Hall Second Floor
Noon - 1:30 pm  Lunch     Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Panel #1:  Management & Beneficial Use of Dredged Material, Including Deepening and Widening of Ports in an Era of Neopanimax-Sized Ships                                         

Organizer:  Stephanie Bergeron Perdue

Panel:

  • Stephanie Bergeron Perdue, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Moderator
  • James K. Van Ness, III, P.E., Director, Engineering and Permitting, South Carolina Ports Authority
  • Mark Vincent, Director, Channel Development Department, Port of Houston Authority
 Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm  PM Break Hibernian Hall
Second Floor
3:15 pm -  4:30 pm Panel # 2:  Vapor Intrusion Panel

Organizer:  Lloyd Landreth
Panel:
  • Lloyd Landreth, Landreth Law Firm, Moderator
  • Karen Aldridge Crawford, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
  • W. Thomas Lavender, Jr., Nexsen Pruet, LLC
  • G. Kendall Taylor, Director, SCDHEC Division of Site Assessment, Remediation & Revitalization
 Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm  Reception Hibernian Hall First Floor
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm                                                                                             
  Gala Dinner and Dancing  Hibernian Hall Second Floor 
Saturday, October 28, 2017
7:30 am -  8:30 am  Breakfast  Signer's Ballroom, Mills House 
8:30 am - 9:00 am     Business Meeting Signer's Ballroom 
9:00 am -  10:15 am Panel #3:  Case Law Update
Panel:
  • John Cruden
  • Bob Percival, University of Maryland School of Law
 Signer's Ballroom 
10:15 am - 10:30 am  AM Break    Signer's Ballroom Foyer
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Panel #4:  What the Trump Administration Portends for EPA, Cooperative Federalism, and Environmental Protection

Organizers:  Jim Morriss, Jim Tripp, Jeff Civins

Panel:

  •  James Morriss, Thompson & Knight LLP, Moderator
  • James T. B. Tripp, Environmental Defense Fund
  • David M. Flannery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
  • Lawrence E. Starfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 Signer's Ballroom 
12:00 pm  Conference ends  
6:15 pm
  Carriage Tour to Evening Reception and Dinner   Pick up in front of Mills House
6:45 pm - 9:00 pm   Saturday Evening Reception and Dinner  The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon