Michael A. Swiger's Publications

Expanded List of Published Articles and Papers

“Does Your FERC License Amendment Require State Water Quality Certification?” HydroVision 2004 (with C. Sensiba)

“Creating a New FERC Licensing Process,” XXII Hydro Review 20 (May 2004)

"Is Hydropower Facing Extinction? Market Forces and Relicensing Conditions Threaten the Viability of Dams ," Legal Times (April 24, 2000) (with C. Sensiba)

"The Cushman Saga: An Argument for Change", 57 Public Power 18 (1999)

"Cost-Effective Relicensing: Choosing the Right Process ," Hydro Review (August 1998)

"Dam Takings: Can FERC Force Project Decommissioning at Relicensing?", XV Hydro Review 50 (August 1996)

"Paying for the Change: Can the FERC Force Dam Decommissioning at Relicensing?", 17 Energy Law Journal 163 (1996)

"Dam Decommissioning: A Regulatory Taking Under the Fifth Amendment?", American Public Power Association Legal Seminar (October 1995)

"All Dressed Up and No Place To Go: FERC Hydro Regulation After Tacoma", WaterPower '95 584 (John J. Cassidy ed. 1995)

"Federal Control of Water Uses: Western Water Law After Tacoma", Law Seminars International Oregon Water Law Conference (November 1994)

"Expanded Clean Water Act Regulation of Hydroelectric Projects: A States' Rights Issue?", Federal Energy Bar Association Annual Meeting (May 1994)

"Clean Water Act Reauthorization Highlights", Law Seminars International Clean Water Protection Conference (April 1994)

"The Curse of Sisyphus: Using License Reopeners To Impose Additional Environmental Conditions on FERC Licensed Projects", WaterPower '93 486 (W.D. Hall ed. 1993)

"Negotiating the Maze: Hydroelectric Development and Relicensing on Federal Lands", WaterPower '93 514 (W.D. Hall ed. 1993)

"State Attempts To Regulate Hydroelectric Project Licensing Through Section 401 of the Clean Water Act", Northwest Hydroelectric Association 12th Annual Conference (January 1993)

"When FERC Investigates Your Unlicensed Project: A Five-Point Protection Plan", WaterPower '91 455 (D. Darling ed. 1991).

"Licensing in the 1990's: Can FERC Be A One-Stop Shop?", WaterPower '89 735 (A. Eberhardt ed. 1989)