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Thursday, April 29

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Introduction and Welcome
Overview of Day One
Kara Brighton, Esq., Program Co-Chair, and
Harriet M. Hageman, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Hageman & Brighton, Cheyenne

9:15 Recent Developments in Water and Energy Law
An Update on the Issues
Harriet M. Hageman, Esq., Program Co-Chair

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment for Municipalities
The Unintended Consequences
Frank Jaeger, District Manager
Parker Water & Sanitation District

11:00 Montana v. Wyoming
An Update
David F. Palmerlee, Esq.
Palmerlee & Durrant, Buffalo

11:45 Lunch Break

1:00 Integrated Water-Energy Planning
Developing an Efficient Framework
Gordon W. "Jeff" Fassett, PE, Vice President
HDR, Cheyenne

1:45 Important Goings-On at the University of Wyoming
An Interdisciplinary Panel on Water Law and Energy Development

Produced Water Associated with Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Carol D. Frost, PhD
Professor and Associate Vice President for
Research and Economic Development
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wyoming, Laramie

Legal Issues Associated with Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Samuel Kalen, Esq., Associate Professor of Law
University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie

Using the Paleo-Record to Understand Past and Potential Droughts
Bryan N. Shuman, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wyoming, Laramie

State and Federal Relations in Energy and Water
Dennis C. Stickley, Esq., Visiting Professor
University of Wyoming College of Law and
Wyoming School of Energy Resources, Laramie

Moderator: David F. Palmerlee, Esq.

2:45 Afternoon Break

3:00 Important Goings-On at the University of Wyoming
(cont.) An Interdisciplinary Panel on Water Law and Energy Development

4:00 Cloud Seeding
An Update on Wyoming`s Weather Modification Pilot Program
Michael K. Purcell, Director, and
Barry Lawrence, Project Manager
Wyoming Water Development Office, Cheyenne

4:45 Carbon Sequestration
Development of a Regulatory and Financial Assurance Framework
John V. Corra, Director
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne

5:30 Adjourn

Friday, April 30

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
Kara Brighton, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Harriet M. Hageman, Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:15 Water and Energy Development
A Consideration of Some Legal Issues
Lawrence MacDonnell, Esq., Professor of Water Law
University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Transmission Challenges
Who Wouldn`t Want It in Their Backyard?
Shawn Taylor, Executive Director
Wyoming Rural Electric Association, Cheyenne

11:00 Uranium Mining in Wyoming
Fuel of the Future?
Glenda Catchpole Thomas, General Manager for Production
Uranerz Energy Corporation, Casper

11:45 Regulatory Law
Water and Energy
Kara Brighton, Esq., Program Co-Chair

12:30 Lunch Break

1:45 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Keeping Up with the Coalbeds
Adapting to a Dynamic Industry
Patrick T. Tyrrell, PE, State Engineer
Wyoming State Engineer`s Office, Cheyenne

2:30 Coal Gasification
Coal-to-Liquids Project
Cary E. Brus, Senior Vice President
Nerd Gas Company, Casper

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 Natural Gas Challenges and Opportunities
Wyoming`s Role in the Nation`s Energy Supply
Shane C. Schulz, Esq., Director of Government Affairs, and
Mike Smith, Esq., Director of Regulatory Affairs
Questar Exploration and Production Company, Cheyenne

4:15 Ethics
Considerations for Water and Energy Professionals
Kara Brighton, Esq., Program Co-Chair

5:15 Evaluations and Adjourn

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