McNees, Wallace & Nurick is sponsoring a series of information sessions to educate businesses, local governments, developers and municipal authorities on the benefits of water quality credit trading designed to help implement the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy.

The sessions will be held from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.:

· May 22 - Toftrees Golf Resort & Conference Center, State College;

· May 24 - McNees Wallace & Nurick conference center, Pine Street, Harrisburg; and

· May 25 - Lancaster Country Club, New Holland Pike, Lancaster.

Session presenters include Scott A. Gould, chair of the law firm’s Environmental Law Group, environmental law attorney Alexandra C. Chiaruttini, and Charles M. Courtney, who is a land use/real estate attorney.

The Chesapeake Bay Strategy is an effort to reduce Pennsylvania’s nitrogen and phosphorus contribution to the Bay and affects more than 30 counties.

To meet new standards by the 2010 deadline will require significant upgrades of public sewage treatment plants, which are expected to be reflected in sewage rates. The strategy already has affected some development projects and will affect potential development in the counties that contribute to the Susquehanna River basin.

Registration is required. Contact Karen Swaringen, 717-237-5430 or send email to: kswaringen@mwn.com .

4/21/2006