2025 Virtual Project Management Workshop

Managing NEPA in a Time of Change 

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About

The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) is offering an updated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Project Management workshop to address managing the NEPA process during this unprecedented time of change to NEPA practices. The role of the NEPA project manager, whether with a federal agency, a project sponsor, or a consultant, has never been more important. NEPA project managers need to manage the NEPA process and address the requirements of NEPA while implementing newly revised agency procedures and responding to changing federal direction, often under accelerated timeframes.

The target audience for this training includes agency NEPA specialists and consultants who are familiar with basic NEPA legal requirements and recent regulatory changes, but are new to managing NEPA EAs and EISs, and want to expand their skillset. Unlike NEPA procedures-focused training classes, the goal of this workshop is project management best practices to produce quality NEPA reviews while managing under all circumstances. This workshop will include four 2-hour modules (8 hours total). 

Each module will include a combination of presentation, instructor/student interactions, project examples, important elements of project management, and project management responsibilities. 

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Dates

Virtual

Four-Part Series | 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific

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*Meeting Dates via Zoom: August 13, September 24, October 8, November 5

All modules will be recorded and made available to attendees 1-2 business days after each scheduled live module.
*The scheduled dates are subject to change. 

 

Pricing

Workshop Prices

  • NAEP Member / Government NAEP Member: $275
  • Chapter Member Only / Non-Member Government: $325
  • Non-Member: $375

Project Management Series Schedule

*The schedule is subject to change. All modules will be recorded and made available to attendees 1-2 business days after the scheduled live module. 

Session Dates
3:00 – 5:30 PM ET

Module 1: Introduction, Overview of NEPA Compliance (Past, Present, and Future), and Challenges Facing NEPA Project Managers

Curriculum Preparer and Presenter: Ted Boling, Perkins Coie
Panel: Madeline Almodovar, Jacobs; Eric Beightel, Federal Strategy Director, ESA; and Erica Boulanger, Department of Defense 

The workshop’s first module will include a facilitated discussion of challenges facing NEPA project managers and student input on project management challenges. Discussion topics will include preparing an EA/EIS with differing or inconsistent agency NEPA procedures, NEPA and State requirements, and NEPA and other environmental requirements. 

 August 13, 2025

Module 2: Threshold Determinations and Pre-NEPA Planning

Curriculum Preparers and Presenters: Erica Boulanger, Department of Defense and Ron Lamb, Retired US Marine Corps NEPA Program Manager
Additional Presenter(s): Melanie Hernandez, Esq., CEP, Vice President, Scout

The module will include the importance of “pre-NEPA” planning and critical activities; project manager recommendations and professional responsibilities for determining the appropriate level of NEPA review, appropriate use of categorical exclusions, EAs, and EISs under routine and expedited schedules, and Emergencies; and identifying critical path actions and concurrent consultation processes.

 September 24, 2025

Module 3: Stakeholder and Public Engagement Challenges 

Curriculum Preparers and Presenters: Kristine MacKinnon, Jacobs 

The module will include Stakeholder and Public Engagement challenges, including working with Cooperating and Participating agencies and Tribes. 

 October 8, 2025

Module 4: Regulatory Coordination Challenges 

Curriculum Preparers: Ron Deverman, STV; and Rich Walter, ICF

The module will include discussion of regulatory coordination challenges, including One Federal Decision, and integrating other regulatory requirements (e.g., NHPA Section 106, CWA Section 404, ESA Section 7) and State review and permitting requirements.

 November 5, 2025