Schedule at a Glance: NAEP 2023

Registration

NEPA Essentials Workshop

DOD NEPA Panel
(9:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 2

Be the Tortoise, Not the Hare: Gopher Tortoises and Solar
(9:30 – 10:00 AM)

Wildlife Fencing Guide - Developing a Handbook to Improve Wildlife Fencing
(10:00 – 10:30 AM)

Breakout 3

Using Envision to Advance Sustainable Transportation
(9:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 4

Evaluation of Embedded Benefits for NC Biochar Amended Soil Applications
(9:30 – 10:00 AM)

Opportunities of the NRCS Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program
(10:00  – 10:30 AM)

Leveraging Low-Cost Remote Environmental Monitors to Measure Stream Health in the Arid Southwest
(10:30  – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 5

Tribal Consultation Within and Outside the Context of Section 106: Establishing the Baseline for Successful Collaboration
(9:30 – 11:00 AM)

Networking Break

Breakout 1

Conditions-Based Management and NEPA for Ecological Restoration Projects
(11:15 – 11:45 AM)

Expanding Parks & Trails Using the Recreation and Public Purposes Act
(11:45 – 12:15 PM)

How NEPA and Federal Watershed Planning Intersect
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Biological Working Group's Regulatory Update- MBTA, ESA, BGEPA, and More
(11:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 3

The Geographic Approach: Revolutionizing Transportation Planning
(11:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 4

Waters of the United States: Meandering Regulatory Riffles, Pools, and Runs
(11:15 – 12:15 PM)

Arizona's Water Quality Assessment Dashboard
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 5

Diverse Continuity: Evolution of an Arizona Architecture
(11:15 – 12:15 PM)

Historic Olmsted Hydroelectric Power Plant Rehabilitation Project
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Plenary Lunch Session

Networking Break

Breakout 1

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Rulemaking and NEPA: The Risks and Rewards of Reversing Course
(2:45 – 3:15 PM)

The Inanity of Purpose and Need
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 2

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Section 4(f): New Approaches to Address Old Challenges
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 3

The New Best Management Practices: Resilient Water Resources
(2:15 – 3:15 PM)

Paint-by-Numbers Approach to Source Water Protection: City of Houston Example
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 4

AEP Climate Change Committee: Climate Action Plans--GHG Reduction Goals and Challenges for the Future
(2:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 5

Who Lives in the Airlie House Today? Panel Discussions on Inclusivity, Collaborations with Descendant Communities, and Modern Cultural Resource Management
(2:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 6

Dawn of the Dead - Reviving DOT NEPA Documents with Re-Evaluations
(2:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 1

NEPA Caselaw Update
(4:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 2

Addressing Climate Resiliency with Transportation Agencies
(4:00 – 5:00 PM)

Determining Climate and Sustainability Benefits of Rail Projects Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
(5:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 3

Water Loss Impacts on Utilities and Watersheds
(4:00 – 4:30 PM)

Advancing Water Resource Planning through a More Integrated Environmental Approach
(4:30 – 5:00 PM)

PFAS in Arizona Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent and Biosolids
(5:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 4

Fiction or Feasible? Balancing Changing Policy Goals with Regulatory Procedure
(4:00 – 5:00 PM)

Climate Change Program Evaluation Policy, Practice, and the Use of Results in the U.S.
(5:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 5

Historic and Aging Water and Wastewater Systems: Case Studies
(4:00 – 5:00 PM)

Lessons from the Daylight Factory
(5:00 – 5:30 PM)

Presidents Reception

Breakout 1

Does Your Project Qualify for WFPO Funding?
(9:30 – 10:00 AM)

Streamlining EIS Preparation for Licensing Advanced Nuclear Reactors
(10:00 – 10:30 AM)

Take a Hard Look: The Evolution of NEPA Air Quality and Climate Change Impact Assessments
(10:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 2

Identifying Suitable Areas for Mitigation Banking for Jurisdictional Waters and California Gnatcatcher Habitat in the City of Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California
(9:30 – 10:00 AM)

Biodiversity Location Data and Tools for Environmental Planning and Compliance
(10:00 – 10:30 AM)

Wildlife Technology and Artificial Intelligence
(10:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 3

Transportation Planning with a Purpose...and Need
(9:30 – 10:30 AM)

The Environmental Life of I-10's Broadway Curve: Planning Through Construction
(10:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 4

Modernizing Reservoir Operation - Oroville and New Bullards Bar Water Control Manuals
(9:30 – 10:30 AM)

Pumped Storage Hydropower - What is It and How to Permit It
(10:30 – 11:00 AM)

Breakout 5

Winds of Change: Renewable Energy and Protecting our Shared Cultural Heritage
(9:30 – 11:00 AM)

Networking Break

EPR Live!
(11:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 1

Optimizing NEPA, FERC, and CWA Natural Resources Permitting Workflows
(11:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 2

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): A Resource for Researching Cross-Ccale Environmental Change
(11:15 – 11:45 AM)

Proactive Conservation: A mechanism for Efficient and Effective Environmental Compliance
(11:45 – 12:15 PM)

Predicting Wetland and Stream Mitigation Needs for TxDOT Transportation Projects
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 3

The Art of Creating a Community Around Transportation Projects
(11:15 – 12:15 PM)

Regional Greenspace Planning Partnerships in the Greater Cincinnati Area
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 4

Water Quality Banks, Market-Based Approach to Enhance Water Quality
(11:15 – 12:15 PM)

Five Unique Ways Arizona Leverages Survey123 for a Community Science Program: A Love Note of Sorts from a Passionate Volunteer Coordinator
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Breakout 5

An Equitable and Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment in Southside Chicago
(11:15 – 12:15 PM)

The Future of Environmental Due Diligence
(12:15 – 12:45 PM)

Awards Ceremony Lunch

Networking Break

Breakout 1

Planning and Environmental Linkages: A Story of Two Regions
(2:15 – 2:45 PM)

Case Study: Transportation Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL)
(2:45 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 2

Shaping an Iterative Practice for Environmental Justice
(2:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 3

EPAs Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule and the Challenges it Represents
(2:15 – 3:15 PM)

Climate Modeling for Brine Management and Evaporation Pond Design
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 4

Social Cost of Carbon: Defining Externalities in Overburdened Communities (OBCs)
(2:15 – 3:15 PM)

Watershed Climate Risk Assessments: Evaluating and Managing Water Risk
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 5

Historical Significance of Poland-Walker Tunnel and Remediation Pathways
(2:15 – 2:45 PM)

In Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents and 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater
(2:45 – 3:15 PM)

Soil Contamination by Ionizing Radionuclides: The Radioecology of Gamma Rays
(3:15 – 3:45 PM)

Breakout 1

Use of the Project Design Envelope in NEPA Analyses
(4:00 – 4:30 PM)

Navigating Offshore Wind Projects & NEPA and Permitting Simultaneously
(4:30 – 5:00 PM)

NEPA Greenhouse Gas Analysis: Dealing with Upstream and Downstream Emissions
(5:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 2

Emerging Techniques and Strategies for the Environmental Justice NEPA Practice
(4:00 – 5:30 PM)

Breakout 3

Ion Exchange Design, Construction, and Operations for Water Treatment and Water
(4:00 – 4:45 PM)

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Breakout 4

Working Group Open House
(4:00 – 5:30 PM)

6:00 – 7:00 PM

Women in STEM

Dine Arounds

Breakout 2

Health Equity, Community Voice to Reimagine Infrastructure
(8:00 – 9:30 AM)

Breakout 3

Determining Flow Regimes for State and Federal Water Quality Regulatory Programs
(8:00 – 9:00 AM)

Achieving the Impossible: Arizona's Path to Zero Backlogged NDPES Permits
(9:00 – 9:30 AM)

Breakout 4

NAEP Working Groups, Partnerships, and Capacity Building: A Summit
(8:00 – 9:30 AM)

Breakout 5

Approach to Questions for Contracts of Future Task Assignments
(8:00 – 8:30 AM)

Beyond the Usual: Planning Effective Bilingual Community Engagement
(8:30 – 9:00 AM)

Gateway South: An Energizing Experience in Offline Data Management
(9:00 – 9:30 AM)

Annual Membership Meeting and Breakfast

Breakout 1

State of Equity in Transportation
(10:45 – 12:15 PM)

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Breakout 3

Environmental Justice, the EPA EJSCREEN 2.0 Tool, and the NEPA Process
(10:45 – 11:45 AM)

Equity in Transportation
(11:45 – 12:15 PM)

Breakout 4

Creating a Definitive List of Arizona-Regulated Waters
(10:45 – 11:15 AM)

Discharge Distance Determination and Possible Interaction with WOTUS Jurisdiction Waterways
(11:15 – 11:45 AM)

The Importance of Assigning Designated Uses to Surface Waters for Regulatory Actions
(11:45 – 12:15 PM)

Breakout 5

Becoming an Enlightened Consultant
(10:45 – 12:15 PM)

Box Lunch

AZAEP Meeting

Board Meeting