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Local Officials -- Would you like to know how development in hazardous and environmentally sensitive areas can be fairly, properly, and legally regulated?
Builders -- Do you worry about getting sued if a development you’ve built near a water body causes problems for others?
Landowners -- Has nearby development in the floodplain adversely impacted your property? Are you concerned that local land use regulations may constitute a “taking” of your property rights?
All Montana Citizens – Would you like new development in hazardous and environmentally sensitive areas to be managed in a way that both preserves our watersheds AND protects our property rights??
If your answer to any of these questions is YES, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear featured speaker Edward A. Thomas, Esq., developer of the No Adverse Impact (NAI) approach to floodplain and stormwater management.
NAI is defined as “…an approach that ensures the action of any property owner, public or private, does not adversely impact the property and rights of others.” The objective of NAI is the safe and proper development of land subject to a hazard.
Mr. Thomas will discuss the origins of NAI, how it works in hazard management, how it’s regarded by the courts, and how it can be applied to assure that the property rights of everyone in the community are respected and protected. Ed Thomas, with the Michael Baker Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts, has 35 years of experience as a floodplain manager, disaster specialist, and attorney. .
This conference is targeted to:
County Commissioners, Planning Board Members, and Tribal Leaders
County Planners, Sanitarians, Floodplain Managers, and Emergency Managers
Conservation Districts and Watershed Councils
Public and Private Attorneys
Ranchers and Other Landowners/Taxpayers
Builders, Developers, Realtors
State Legislators, State and Federal Resource Managers
Grassroots Citizen Planning Groups
Conservation Organizations
All other interested citizens of Montana
Presentation on No Adverse Impact will address the following topics:
Legal Roots of a Do No Harm in Developing Land
Preventing Harm - Government's Rights and Duties
The Taking Issue
The United States Constitution and Court Decisions
How Efforts to Safely Regulate Can Be Challenged
Tools for Implementing NAI
A Call for Coordination among Water Resource Managers
Federal Disaster Assistance and Mitigation -National Flood Insurance Program
All presentations will provide ample time for questions and discussion.
This conference serves to meet Montana State Bar continuing legal education credits.
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