1. UPDATE – SCHEDULE FOR MONTH OF MARCH
March 7 – synopsis and assignments
March 21 – presentation to panel – trial run
March 27 – final night – reception and presentation

2. WHAT IS A SYNOPSIS?
Overview by Mark. See Deloro sample.

3. OUR SYNOPSIS

a) Location in question – geography, location and ownership of plants etc. (Iris)
b) Baseline conditions – impairment (Waterkeeper)
c) Importance of waterway, fish habitat (Waterkeeper)
d) Air modeling summary – being released, deposited (Dana)
e) Waterkeeper’s investigation – sampling, notes (Waterkeeper)
f) A deleterious substance (Waterkeeper)
g) What will our expert need to explain to prove the deposit of a deleterious substance (Tim) and/or the destruction of fish habitat (Matthew)
h) Due diligence #1-14– compare the standards to the actions of the company. Can we make conclusions? What information are we still missing? (Andrea, Rohan)
i) By contrast, what actions were taken nearby? (Waterkeeper)
j) What’s happening in the U.S re coal and mercury policy? (Angela, start w/ encl. Memo)
k) What’s happening in the Ontario re coal and mercury policy? (Emrys)
l) Transboundary case law (Kent, Justin)

5. ENCLOSURES

6. EBR REQUEST

A copy of our EBR request from last semester is enclosed. Please review it and let us know if you spot any errors or omissions before March 21, 2006.