NAEP Webinar: NEPA Caselaw Update
Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Category: Webinars
NEPA Caselaw UpdateOctober 15, 2024 | 11:00 AM (PT) / 2:00 PM (ET)90-minute Zoom Webinar
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Fred Wagner, NAEP Elected At-Large Board Member Fred Wager focuses on environmental and natural resource issues, associated with major infrastructure, mining, and energy project development. Fred was appointed chief counsel of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) during the Obama administration. Fred began his career as a trial attorney in the Environment Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Misdemeanor Trial Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Prior to joining Venable, he spent more than 20 years in private practice at a national law firm focusing on environmental and natural resources issues. |
Speakers P.E. "Pam" Hudson, Esq. An NAEP member since 2013, P.E. "Pam" Hudson serves as the Senior Associate Counsel for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest. Prior to joining NAVFAC, Ms. Hidson served as Counsel for Cibil Engineer Corps Officers School, where a majority of her portfolio notably included environmental impact assessment legal sufficiency reviews and the Nacy's environmental law training program. Since 2013, Ms. Hudson has authored fifteen federal agency, academic and peer-reviewed articled, which have been cited in the Federal Register, on agency websites and journals, academic journals, and in news articles. She has twenty years of environmental impact assessment experience; from 2013-2015, she served on NAEP's committee for the CEQ's Pilot Project on Best Practice Principles for Environmental Assessments. Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel, she practiced at Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia, and Roetzel & Andress in Naples, Florida. She interned as a federal clerk for the Northern District of Florida for the Honorable Robert Hinkle. Ms. Hudson is an alumna of Florida State University School of Law, where she was the Beverly Stout McLear Environmental and Land Use Scholar. Ms. Hudson retired from the Navy as Commander (Oceanography). *Ms. Hudson's views are hers alone, and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or the Navy. |
Michael D. Smith, PhD Michael is a nationally-recognized leader in environmental policy and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, with more than 29 years of experience in environmental impact assessment, project and program management, policy development, land use planning, business development, group leader, and training/education with the federal government, private sector, academia, and non-governmental organizations. His technical areas of expertise include assisting clients with successfully navigating complex permitting situations; cumulative impact analysis; greenhouse gas emissions and climate change analysis; socioeconomics and environmental justice analysis; and designing strategies for streamlining NEPA and CEQA and related permitting processes and reviews. |
Melanie Hernandez, Esq., CEP Melanie Hernandez is a licensed attorney and the co-founder and Vice President of Scout, an environmental and engineering company headquartered in San Diego, CA. With over 20 years in NEPA and environmental law, she leads as a senior NEPA project manager, serving clients like the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, and the Coast Guard. Her expertise includes managing multidisciplinary NEPA teams for projects involving new military systems, construction, and public land access. Her responsibilities also extend to developing training on environmental laws including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Executive Order 12114, and more. Prior to Scout, she led some of the most complex Environmental Impact Statements for the Marine Corps in the Pacific and Japan, where she lived for five years. Melanie holds a B.S. from Andrews University and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School, and is admitted to the bar in Maryland and D.C. |