MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

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1 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Welcome Happy Hour Park City Marriott, Patio Bar TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 8:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Registration (no breakfast provided) 8:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Utah and Opening Remarks Steve Alder, Esq., COGMA 2018 Chair 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. History of Significant SMCRA Litigation John Austin, Esq. Thomas Bovard, Esq. Office of the Solicitor, 10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Coal Industry Outlook and Challenges 2018 Emily S. Medine Energy Venture Analysis 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. TechEthics - Is Reasonable Care Possible? Lincoln Mead, Sr. Project Manager, Canon Discovery Services Co-Chair 2019 American Bar Association Techshow. 12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Federal/State SMCRA Family Feud Host: Thomas Shope, Esq. Group Participation Required Alexis Long, Esq. Kathleen Vello, Esq.

2 2:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Federal Litigation Update Moderator: Daniel Kilduff, Esq. Office of the Solicitor, 3:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. NEPA - One Federal Decision and Streamlining Moderator: Kathleen Vello, Esq. Octavia Conerly Gretchen Pinkham Kristin Guerriero, Esq. Office of the Solicitor, Courtney Hoover with topic assistance by Cheryl Kelly Office of Policy Management and Budget, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, U.S. Department of the Interior 4:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Hard Rock Mining and Bonding for Risks of Environmental Damage CERCLA 108(b): Rulemaking and Litigation Bill Brancard, Esq. New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Ashley Brown, Esq. State of Alaska Law Department 6:30 p.m. - Close Dinner/Business Meeting Park City Marriott

3 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. State Litigation Update I Western States Panel Moderator: Ashley Brown, Esq. State of Alaska Law Department 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Oil and Gas Regulatory Issues - Horizontal drilling, injection wells, water quality protection, venting and flaring Bill Brancard, Esq. New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Break Joseph Iole, Esq. Katherine Knickelbein, Esq. 10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Drones: Regulatory obstacles, operational opportunities, and evidentiary problems. 12:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Lunch Thomas Shope, Esq. Thomas Thompson, Utah Division of Oil Gas and Mining 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. State Litigation Update II Eastern States Panel Moderator: Robyn Bowman, Esq. 2:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Coal and the Challenges of Climate Change Robin Kundis Craig, Esq. James I. Farr Presidential Endowed Chair, Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

4 3:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Self-Bonding: Changes in the ways we bond you? Arthur Kleven, Esq. Office of the Solicitor, 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. What s New in Reclamation? Wind farms, Solar fields, and More Joseph Iole, Esq. Kathleen Vello, Esq. TBD Kennecott Utah Copper

5 8:30 a.m. Depart Hotel THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Travel to Southern Utah coal mining areas via Wasatch Mountains Utah Geologic Service will give a geologic tour as we travel Visit town of Scofield and graveyard Site of a Utah Coal Mining disaster that killed 200 miners Horizon mine default reclamation project and drone demonstration. Stop at Skyline Mine (active underground mine) Examine environmental award-winning air shaft project. Travel to White Oak Mine Reclamation Site Examine Division surface mining reclamation after operator and surety default. 12:00 p.m. Lunch outdoor barbeque - at sheep camp Stop at Marion gas wells Discuss bonding and plugging challenges for oil and gas industry in comparison to mining. Travel to Electric Lake overlook to present proposed Skyline Mine s Flat Canyon permit amendment. History of mine drainage issues and proposed Skyline Mine expansion Return to Salt Lake City, via Skyline Road along the ridge of the Wasatch Mountains. (Drop off persons in SLC with evening departures or others) 4:30 p.m. Return to Park City