BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a395ef8be6dc93785c063e8f1dfaf3260 CATEGORIES:Webinars SUMMARY:NAEP Webinar: NEPA Case Law Update DESCRIPTION:
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The National Association o f Environmental Professionals (NAEP) will host the National Environmental P olicy Act (NEPA) Case Law Update webinar on Thursday, September 5, 2019.
This webinar will review substantive National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) cases issued by United States Courts of Appeals in 2018. The implica tions of the decisions and relevance to NEPA practitioners will be explaine d. This webinar will summarize the more detailed paper prepared for this we binar.
The paper briefly explains, with an emphasis on the substantiv e NEPA findings, each opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The pape r identifies statistics regarding the NEPA appellate opinions, such as ten- year record of NEPA cases, organized by circuit, and by year. The paper als o identifies the agencies involved in each case, and presents statistics re levant to the agencies; the paper further identifies the prevailing ratio o f federal agencies, including by agency and by document type (categorical e xclusion, environmental assessment, environmental impact statement).
The paper analyzes the trends in the court opinions involving NEPA for 2018 , with an emphasis on substantive NEPA practice, and by grouping of the cas es. Finally, each court opinion is paraphrased and organized in a manner ea sy to read for practitioners to find the court’s ruling. Appellate opinions are grouped and analyzed by the agency. Past trends include challenges to the purpose and need, alternatives considered, public comment, scientific i mpact assessment methodologies, GHG emissions and climate change impact ass essment, incomplete or unavailable information, determination of significan ce, segmentation, duty to supplement, connected actions, federal actions, c umulative impact assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and adaptive managemen t.
Please join us for the popular webinar offering.
Moderator
Fred R. Wagener, Venable LLC
Micha el Smith, Ph.D.
Michael is a Senior Environmental Practice L eader for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environme ntal Quality Act (CEQA) with GEI Consultants in Sacramento, CA, one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecologic al science and engineering firms. GEI has provided consulting and engineeri ng services on over 35,000 projects in all 50 U.S. states and international ly in over 20 countries. His current work focuses on providing project and program management, technical analysis and review, policy development and r eview, and training and education focused on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance for s ome of the nation's and California’s most complex and controversial project s relating to energy development, transportation infrastructure projects, a pprovals of genetically engineered plants, commercial space transportation operations, and rulemakings for national motor vehicle fuel economy standar ds. He frequently provides training and strategic advice for NEPA and relat ed environmental compliance requirements as an adjunct faculty member at nu merous educational institutions, including the UC Davis Extension Land Use and Natural Resources Program, the UCLA Extension Sustainability Program, a nd the NEPA Certificate Program at the Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University.
He has served as a Science & Technolog y Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Scienc e (AAAS) at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) headquarters Office of Water and Office of Federal Activities in Washington, DC. He has also h eld positions with the U.S. Department of Interior – National Park Service in Biscayne, Glacier and Yosemite National Parks. He holds a Ph.D. in Envir onmental and Natural Resources Sociology from Utah State University, an M.A . in Geography and Resources from the University of Wyoming, and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
P.E. Hudson, Esq., Dep't of the Navy, Office of General Counsel
P.E. Hudson, Esq. is the Counsel, Department of the Navy Office of Genera l Counsel, at Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering and Civil Engin eer Corps Officer School at Naval Base Ventura County, California. The focu s of her practice is environmental law and planning, and specifically NEPA; she also develops and teaches courses involving NEPA, environmental planni ng and impact analysis, and environmental law, with a special emphasis on c oastal and ocean resources, to federal employees. She has published 13 fede ral agency, academic, and peer-reviewed articles on environmental planning and impact assessment since 2013. She has 17 years of NEPA experience, 34 y ears of federal agency experience. She served as the informal Chair of the NAEP CEQ Pilot Project, Best Practice Principles for Environmental Assessm ents, which was lauded by the CEQ. She also received the NAEP President's S ervice Award in 2013 and 2015. She is a retired Navy Commander. **The view s expressed are solely the personal views of the author and do not reflect those of the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense or the Feder al Government.
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Non-member: $140