Program Details
2026-10-21 14:30:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-10-21 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session examines how counsel can identify environmental and workplace-safety issues that may lead to regulatory exposure before they become larger problems. The discussion will cover assessing operations, permits, and existing practices, with particular attention to Clean Air Act requirements involving permitting, emissions, and reporting; Clean Water Act requirements involving discharges, permits, stormwater, and reporting; and RCRA requirements governing hazardous-waste classification, handling, storage, and disposal. The session will also address areas where environmental and OSHA obligations overlap and the importance of recognizing potential compliance gaps across these areas.
Brittany BarrientosKristen Ellis Johnson 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session addresses the response when a compliance issue has already surfaced or a regulator becomes involved. Topics will include preparing for regulatory inspections, evaluating violations and information requests, managing responses to regulatory findings, and coordinating corrective action. The discussion will also examine when and how voluntary disclosure may be appropriate, considerations affecting penalty and enforcement risk, and approaches to mitigating potential consequences and negotiating with regulators. The session will close with considerations for turning lessons from compliance problems and enforcement activity into stronger, more sustainable compliance controls.
Brittany BarrientosKristen Ellis JohnsonBrittany Barrientos is a partner in the Kansas City office of Stinson LLP, where she represents clients on environmental, health and safety matters across regulatory, transactional and litigation work. Her environmental practice covers the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, solid and hazardous waste laws, Superfund, TSCA and PHMSA, along with state and local requirements, and a significant share of her practice is devoted to OSHA matters. She defends agency enforcement actions, contests OSHA citations, and counsels clients through inspections, information requests and investigations.
Kristen Ellis Johnson is Of Counsel in the Kansas City office of Stinson LLP, where she advises clients on environmental regulatory and permit compliance under federal, state and local law. She guides clients through regulatory inspections and post-inspection records production, spill and release reporting, and voluntary self-disclosure under EPA’s audit policy, and she leads strategy in administrative enforcement actions, negotiating settlements to reduce penalties at the state and federal levels.
Brittany Barrientos is a partner in the Kansas City office of Stinson LLP, where she represents clients on environmental, health and safety matters across regulatory, transactional and litigation work. Her environmental practice covers the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, solid and hazardous waste laws, Superfund, TSCA and PHMSA, along with state and local requirements, and a significant share of her practice is devoted to OSHA matters. She defends agency enforcement actions, contests OSHA citations, and counsels clients through inspections, information requests and investigations.
Kristen Ellis Johnson is Of Counsel in the Kansas City office of Stinson LLP, where she advises clients on environmental regulatory and permit compliance under federal, state and local law. She guides clients through regulatory inspections and post-inspection records production, spill and release reporting, and voluntary self-disclosure under EPA’s audit policy, and she leads strategy in administrative enforcement actions, negotiating settlements to reduce penalties at the state and federal levels.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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