Washington, DC - June 15 -- Federalist Society Panel on EPA Regulatory Authority

MEDIA ADVISORY FROM THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY
http://www.fed-soc.org/
JUNE 11, 2010
MEDIA CONTACT: MIKE BURITA 202.420.9361 or mikeb@quinnthomas.com

The Federalist Society and its Environmental Law Practice
Host a Luncheon Panel Discussion:

Regulatory Authority in the EPA

(Washington, DC – June 11, 2010) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has broad discretion, delegated to it by Congress in several different legislative acts, in regulating all manner of pollutants. But what are the limits of that discretion? To what extent must and should regulators consider the costs of proposed regulations and weigh them against the benefits of those regulations? Should EPA balance economic costs on one side, and benefits to health and the environment on the other side? Or are certain environmental or health hazards so dire that regulating them must be done at virtually any cost? On what type of information or science may EPA rely in reaching its conclusions, deciding to regulate, and deciding how to regulate? These and other questions will be discussed by our panel of experts.

WHAT: The Federalist Society Luncheon Panel Discussion on Regulatory Authority in the EPA (Lunch provided)

WHEN: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 from 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

PANELISTS:

Honorable Ronald A. Cass, President
Cass & Associates PC

Mr. Jeffrey B. Clark, Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mr. Robert Verchick, Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, U.S. E.P.A.

Jason A. Schwartz, Legal Fellow
Institute for Policy Integrity

MODERATOR:

Mr. Douglas T. Nelson , EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
CropLife America