CHRISTOPHER GENE KING (212) (office) (917) (cell)

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1 Hayley Carlock is an attorney with the non-profit environmental organization Scenic Hudson. Scenic Hudson works to create environmentally healthy communities, champion smart economic growth, open up riverfronts to the public and preserve the Hudson Valley s inspiring beauty and natural resources. Hayley represents the organization in a variety of administrative, litigation, regulatory and policy matters. She leads Scenic Hudson s environmental advocacy department and has been with the organization since Hayley s practice is focused on environmental, land use and energy matters including environmental and land use permitting, environmental impact review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, Articles 7 and 10 facility siting and energy regulation before the State Public Service Commission, hazardous waste and clean water issues. Prior to joining Scenic Hudson, Hayley worked in private practice for a small litigation firm in the Hudson Valley. She graduated with honors from Vermont Law School in 2009, and received her B.A. in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

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3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CHRISTOPHER GENE KING (212) (office) (917) (cell) New York City Law Department, Environmental Law Division Senior Counsel/Supervisor, October 2001 to present Assistant Corporation Counsel, October 1995 to October 2001 Advise New York City agencies as to the requirements of federal, state, and local environmental and land use laws and regulations, negotiate environmental aspects of real property transactions on behalf of the City, and represent the City in environmental and land use litigation. Responsible for case management and supervision/training of junior attorneys in the Environmental Law Division, a division of seventeen attorneys in two offices. Argue cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and New York State Trial and Appellate Courts. Substantive areas of practice include solid waste management, toxic torts, Superfund and hazardous waste remediation, assessment of potential environmental impacts and land use issues resulting from City actions and proposed development projects, energy, air emissions and air quality standards, protection of the New York City drinking water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, protection of wetlands, and creation and protection of parkland. Representative Matters: Advise City agencies on environmental/land use review requirements and defend against challenges to environmental reviews, including reviews for the City s Solid Waste Management Plan, Development of the Harlem River Yards Industrial Park, the Green Point/Williamsburg Rezoning and Waterfront Access Plan, expansion of the New York City Department of Homeless Services shelter network, redevelopment of Fordham University s Lincoln Center campus, reconstruction of ball fields on Randall s Island, the Department of Health s West Nile Virus Control Program, redevelopment of the City s former Ferry Point landfill, and local laws requiring control of diesel emissions from commercial waste trucks and phase-out of certain heating oils in City buildings; Supervising member of trial team defending the City in 15 toxic tort actions brought by individuals alleging they contracted cancer and other illnesses as result of exposure to toxins emanating from the City s Fresh Kills, Brookfield and Pelham Bay Landfills; Lead City attorney in proceedings before the State Public Service Commission for three proposed new major electric power generating projects, defense of the City in State Court a challenge to the Commission s denial of permits for a proposed facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Counsel to the Mayor s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability s Climate Change Adaption Task Force and Clean Heat Program; Lead City attorney in negotiations for State permits to construct a public park and a golf course on a former municipal landfill in the Bronx; Represent City agencies in investigation of hazardous substances at agency facilities and negotiate resulting clean-up agreements; Negotiate acquisition/remediation by City of Major Oil Storage Facility on the East River Waterfront for creation of a new City park; Negotiate Brownfield Clean-up Agreements for remediation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center;

4 Christopher Gene King Lead City attorney in RCRA/Clean Water Act Citizen suits concerning City Solid Waste Marine Transfer Stations and former municipal landfills; Lead City attorney in climate change litigation concerning EPA rulemakings pending in the D.C. Circuit. New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Corona, New York Assistant Counsel, May 1993 to October, 1995 Legal counsel to executive staff concerning the New York City Watershed Protection and Watershed Land Acquisition programs. Enforcement of Air/Hazardous Material Code violations on behalf of the City before the New York City Environmental Control Board. McNamee, Lochner, Titus and Williams, Albany, New York Law Clerk, May 1992 to May1993 Counseled insulation materials manufacturer concerning Clean Air Act compliance, assisted in negotiations of SPDES permit conditions for a paper recycling company, assisted in implementation of natural resources management/enforcement program for Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. TEACHING/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Presenter, Defending SEQRA Litigation: If You Plan to Build it, They Will Sue, Brooklyn Law School, September 2013 AWARDS Edith B. Spivack Award for Superior Achievement on Behalf of the New York City Law Department, December, 2010 EDUCATION Pace University School of Law J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate, 1992 Honors: Pace Environmental Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor, 1991 Hamilton College B.A. in Economics/Government, 1986 BAR ADMISSIONS States of New York and Connecticut, United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 2 -

5 Venetia Lannon is Regional Director at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for Region 2. Before joining DEC, she was Senior Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she led the Maritime group. In this role she oversaw the City s efforts to develop its marine terminals, port facilities, private ferry landings, heliports and freight rail assets. She previously served as a Deputy Director at the New York City Department of Sanitation s Recycling Bureau where she oversaw the composting program. Ms. Lannon holds a Bachelors degree from Vassar College and a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University.

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7 WALTER MUGDAN Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division As Director of the Emergency and Remedial Response Division (ERRD) since 2008, Walter Mugdan heads a staff of over 200 employees responsible for the Region s Superfund toxic waste cleanup, emergency response and brownfields programs. From 2002 to 2008 Walter served as Director of the Division of Environmental Planning & Protection, where his staff of about 180 scientists, engineers and planners managed the Region s air, water, hazardous waste and environmental review programs. From 1995 to 2002 Walter served as Regional Counsel, where he headed a staff of 80 attorneys in the Office of Regional Counsel. For the prior ten years, Walter served as Deputy Regional Counsel. He joined EPA in 1975 as a staff attorney, and subsequently served in various supervisory positions in the Office of Regional Counsel, including Chief of the units responsible for Superfund, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Clean Air Act. In 1998, Walter spent eight months on a temporary detail as Acting Director of Region 2's Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance, where he managed a staff of 150 engineers, scientists and field inspectors. Walter has authored numerous publications on environmental law topics, particularly on hazardous waste regulation and remediation. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on these subjects. From 1991 to 1997 he was an Adjunct Professor at Pace University Law School, where he taught a course on Superfund law. Since 1992 Walter has been the Director of EPA s annual week-long Trial Advocacy Institute. From Walter served as an officer of the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, culminating in a one-year term as Section Chair. He has been a member of the Section s Executive Committee since 1985 and, for 17 years, served as Co-Chair of that Section's Hazardous Site Remediation Committee. In his private life, Walter heads a local conservation group in northeastern Queens County, NY; and also heads his local homeowners civic association. He earned his JD (1975) and BA (1972) degrees from the University of Michigan.

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9 Virginia C. Robbins Member Syracuse, NY (315) (315) fax Practice Environmental and Energy Education Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1986) Middlebury College (M.A., 1972) Rutgers University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971) Bar/Court Admissions New York U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York Virginia C. Robbins Virginia is an environmental and energy attorney, a member of the firm s management committee and chair of the firm's environmental and energy practice. She is experienced in advising clients on state and federal regulatory compliance issues, particularly in the areas of air and water pollution control and solid and hazardous waste management. Virginia has experience in the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, for example, major and minor source permitting strategies, negotiation of special conditions establishing emission caps, Title V applicability and operational flexibility and new source review issues, including the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. She advises owners and operators of solid waste management facilities, many of which include landfill gas-to-energy plants, on a variety of air quality and solid waste compliance matters, particularly in the context of facility siting and expansions. Virginia has counseled clients involved in electric power generation and development projects on environmental impact reviews under Article X of the Public Service Law, air permit/compliance matters, Acid Rain program applicability, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) requirements and the burning of alternative fuels. She has represented wind energy facility owners in obtaining special permits and variances needed for the siting of wind energy conversion system facilities. Virginia has managed significant RCRA corrective action and state and federal Superfund matters, including the negotiation of RCRA corrective measures orders, remedial investigation/remedial design consent orders and access easements. She has also advised clients extensively on real estate transactions involving contaminated properties, including relative to the opportunities under New York's Brownfield Cleanup Program. Virginia regularly counsels both municipal clients and developers on compliance with environmental impact reviews under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Honors and Affiliations Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America 2015, Environmental Law Best Lawyers' 2013 Syracuse Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year 2014 Chambers & Partners, USA, America's Leading Lawyers For Business Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rated 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Energy, Environmental, & Natural Resources New York Super Lawyers 2014, Environmental, Land Use/Zoning, Energy & Natural Resources 2014 Top 25 Female Upstate New York Super Lawyers 2013 Top 25 Female Upstate New York Super Lawyers American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Past Chair, ; Member, Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Global Climate Change Committee Central New York Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association, Founding Chair, Board Member and Past President, , ESF College Foundation, Inc., State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry Phi Beta Kappa

10 Powered by TCPDF ( Representative Presentations Legal Regulatory Update, Central New York Chapter Air & Waste Management Association, December 16, 2014 Panel Member, "Legal Perspective: Environmental Auditing," O Brien & Gere and Bond, Schoeneck & King Seminar, Changes in the Air An Update on Emerging Air Quality Regulations, May 21, 2013 Program Co-Chair, Columbia Law School panel discussion "The Future of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative," October 22, 2012 Presenter, "Post-Nutrient Removal Upgrades and Operations" sponsored by O'Brien & Gere for Wastewater Treatment Professionals, October 25, 2011 Program Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Program of the New York State Bar Association's Environmental and Municipal Law Sections Fall 2011 program "Update on Environmental Impact Review Under the State Environmental Quality Review Act Other Activities President, Board of Directors, Syracuse City Ballet, Inc., Board Member, ESF College Foundation, Inc.

11 Daniel A. Ruzow Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP One Commerce Plaza Albany, N.Y DANIEL A. RUZOW, ESQ., is a partner of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany s largest law firm. He concentrates his practice in the environmental, zoning and planning review and permitting of major controversial and complex commercial, industrial and residential developments and in litigation defending such approvals. He also has represented number of environmental and community organizations, municipalities and State agencies in the review of such projects or in related litigation. Mr. Ruzow was the lead counsel for the Coalition of Watershed Towns from , an intermunicipal organization of 34 towns and 5 counties comprising the majority of the Catskill and Delaware Watershed for the New York City water supply. He has been recognized by the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association for his work in successfully negotiating the landmark New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement signed in January In September 2007, he successfully negotiated a multi-party Agreement in Principle with the State and City of New York and seven national and regional environmental groups on behalf of Crossroads Ventures LLC, the developer of the proposed Belleayre Resort, in the Central Catskills. Mr. Ruzow is recognized nationally for his knowledge and experience with New York s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and is co-author of the leading treatise on SEQRA, Environmental Impact Review in New York, published by Matthew Bender ( ). He is a past-chair of the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He also served as Chair of the New York State Bar Association Administrative Law Committee from Mr. Ruzow previously served as Assistant Commissioner and Counsel for Hearings of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and also served as SEQRA counsel to the Department. Mr. Ruzow was the principal draftsman of DEC s original Part 624 Hearing Regulations in 1981 and its Hearing Reform program. He also was an advisor to the Department on the amendments to the Part 624 regulations as well as the 1987 and 1996 amendments to the SEQRA regulations. He has authored several law review and journal articles on SEQRA and DEC Hearings and since 1981 has been a frequent lecturer on SEQRA, administrative hearings and local land use laws for the New York State Bar Association and the New York Planning Federation where he served as a Board member. He has also been recognized for his environmental experience in The International Who s Who of Business Lawyers ( ) and Britain s Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA America s Leading Lawyers for Business ( ) and Best Lawyers in America ( ). Mr. Ruzow obtained his undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshall College and law degree from Fordham Law School.

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13 Joel H. Sachs Senior Counsel Professional Experience Joel H. Sachs represents private entities and governmental agencies in a wide variety of environmental, real estate, land development and zoning matters. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to representing municipal boards, municipalities and private clients before municipal boards and agencies throughout the State of New York in land use, zoning and environmental disputes. He serves as Construction Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Widely recognized as a leader in Environmental Law, Mr. Sachs has received a number of awards, which are listed below. Mr. Sachs has enjoyed the rare privilege of serving as Chair of two Sections of the New York State Bar Association, the Environmental Law Section and the Real Estate Law Section. Mr. Sachs manages the firm s role as Town Attorney of the Town of Bedford, NY and Village Attorney of the Village of Pleasantville, NY. On behalf of the firm, he also serves as Special Land Use and Environmental Counsel to municipalities in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange and Ulster Counties. Mr. Sachs previously clerked for a federal judge in the Southern District of New York and served as an Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York and Deputy Chief of its Environmental Protection Bureau for five years. Mr. Sachs also served as the former Town Attorney of the Town of Greenburgh, the largest Town in Westchester County. He joined Keane & Beane in 1993 with many years of experience practicing environmental law, municipal law and land development and zoning. Awards & Recognition Metro Super Lawyers List, one of the 25 best attorneys in Westchester County ( ) The New York Times Magazine, Westchester Magazine and New York Magazine ( ) one of the best environmental attorneys in the New York Metropolitan area Best Lawyers in America (Environmental), , presented by ALM publications Distinguished Teaching Award, presented by Pace University School of Law (2010) Above the Bar Award for Leading Environmental Attorney awarded by Citrin Cooperman, the Westchester County Business Journal, Pace University School of Law and Mahopac Bank (2007) Business Leadership Award presented by Yeshiva Ohr Hameir (2002) Lawyer of the Year presented by Institute for Jewish Humanities (1997) Henry Heissenbuttel Award for excellence in land use planning given by the New York State Planning Federation (1986) Pioneer of New York Environmental Law George W. Perkins Award (NY Parks and Trails Association) (2012) Has received a peer review rating of AV Preeminent TM on Martindale Hubbell Admissions State and Federal Courts of New York Federal Courts of Connecticut

14 State and Federal Courts of Florida United States Supreme Court United States Tax Court Professional Associations American Arbitration Association (Construction Industry Panel) Federal Bar Council National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (Past Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Protection) New York State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates; Past Chair, Real Property Law Section; Past Chair, Environmental Law Section; Member, Task Force on Eminent Domain; Member, Continuing Education Legal Committee) Westchester County Bar Association White Plains Bar Association (Past President) Professional Activities/Publications Mr. Sachs serves as an Adjunct Professor at Pace University School of Law, where for over 30 years he has taught courses on state and municipal environmental law, land use and construction law. He is also a frequent lecturer before bar association groups on environmental and land use topics. Community Service Mr. Sachs is a Former President of the Westchester County Legal Aid Society and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees of Lyndhurst. Education 1970, LL.M., New York University 1966, LL.B., University of Pennsylvania 1963, B.A., Cornell University Practice Areas Construction Law Environmental Law Land Development & Zoning Litigation & Dispute Resolution Municipal Law Real Estate 445 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY p: f:

15 Thomas R. Smith Tom is a litigation attorney in the Syracuse office of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, with more than 35 years of experience in civil litigation, dispute resolution and risk management counseling, representing large and small businesses, universities and colleges, and individuals. He represents clients in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitrations and mediations. He is a graduate of Cornell University (1975) and Stanford Law School (1978). Tom has been recognized for his knowledge and experience in environmental litigation. He handles litigation over remediation costs, damages and penalties related to releases of hazardous substances and petroleum and concerning the proper management of hazardous or toxic materials. Tom has litigated environmental cases involving federal statutes such as CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, and New York statutes such as the Environmental Conservation Law, Navigation Law and Labor Law, as well as claims arising under common law. He also defends toxic tort claims, including claims for personal injury or illness, fear of future harm and medical monitoring, and claims for property damage or diminution in property value arising from contamination. The cases Tom has handled have involved a variety of pollutants and toxic substances, including volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, PCBs, petroleum, pesticides, lead and other metals, asbestos and crystalline silica. He has represented clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturers of hair care products, automotive components, carbonless copy paper and other paper products, plastics, pesticides, electrical components and filtration products, petroleum distributors and retailers and institutions of higher education. Tom has been recognized for Environmental Litigation in the Best Lawyers in America 2015 and New York Super Lawyers A substantial portion of Tom's practice also includes litigation over business disputes, such as breach of contract claims, unfair competition, post-employment restrictions on competition and insurance coverage issues. Tom has presented on professional responsibility and ethics issues for the New York State Bar Association /22/2014