1. The most current session and event information can be found on the NAEP/AEP website at http://www.n-aep2013.org/
The Conference-at-a-Glance is subject to change
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AICP Certification Credits
CM credit has been approved as noted.
M O N D AY, A P R I L 1 , 2 0 1 3
All Salon session rooms are on the second floor, Platinum Ballroom area.
8:30 am - 6:00 pm Conference Registration, Platinum Foyer
9:00 am - 3:00 pm NEPA Basics Workshop, Keynote Speaker: Nicholas Yost, Partner, SNR Denton LLP, San Francisco (lunch provided) - Additional fee applies - CM | 6.0, Salon C
9:00 am - 3:00 pm Climate Change Symposium, Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Patzert, Lead Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - CM | 6.0 | PENDING, Salon A, B
(lunch provided) - Additional fee applies
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals, Atrium 1
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Exhibits Set-up, Platinum Foyer
3:00 pm - 4:45 pm Environmental Careers Seminar, Salon C
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm Mobile Workshop - Tour of Port of Los Angeles Harbor ($60 additional fee)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Opening Reception: Trader Vic’s, L.A. LIVE
T U E S D AY, A P R I L 2 , 2 0 1 3
7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast, Platinum Foyer
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Conference Registration, Platinum Foyer
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Exhibits Open, Platinum Foyer
8:30 am - 9:30 am Opening Plenary Session, Keynote Speaker: Ray Clark, Founder and President, RiverCrossing Strategies - CM | 1.0 | PENDING, Salon E
Session Block 1 Grand Boulevard NEPA/Section 106 in We’re All in This Visual Impact Best Practice Welcome to Tools of Engagement:
9:45 am - 11:15 am Initiative the Public and Private Together: Case Studies Assessment Method Principles for California! Complying Technology and
CM | 1.5 Sectors in Multi-Jurisdictional Progress Environmental with California’s Techniques to Engage
CM | 1.5 | LAW CM | 1.5
Emission Reduction Assessments Mini-NEPA Your Community
Salon F
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
Planning & in Sustainability
Salon A Implementation Salon H Planning Efforts
CM | 1.5 | PENDING
Salon B Salon C
Salon I
Salon G
11:30 am - 1:30 pm AEP Awards Luncheon and NAEP Awards Luncheons, Salon D, E
Session Block 2 Rail Planning in the Section 106 and the Tools and Guidance Assessing Sensitive CEQA Hot Topics Preparing a HCP Jeopardy
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Northeast Corridor California for Assessing and Landscapes Roundtable Successful Program CM | 1.5
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
Salon I
High-Speed Rail Communicating Salon C EIR for a Salon J
Salon F CM | 1.5 Health Risk Plastic Bag Ban
Salon G CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 | PENDING
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break, Platinum Foyer
Salon H Salon A, B
Session Block 3 Noise and Vibration in Section 106 and Ready, Get Offsets, Renewable Energy What NEPA that Community-Based Putting Energy into
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Urban Environments Visual Effects Go! and Urban Visual Works Looks Like Mitigation to Address Greenhouse Gas
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 Impact Assessment CM | 1.5 Cumulative Impacts Thresholds
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
Salon I
Salon F Salon G Salon H Salon A, B
Salon C Salon J
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Reception at the Grammy Museum, Target Terrace
AIR QUALITY & CLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPORTATION & NOISE
CEQA VISUAL RESOURCES
CULTURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS
ENERGY WILDLIFE & HABITAT
LAND USE, WATER & SUSTAINABILITY
NEPA MOBILE WORKSHOPS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
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2. The most current session and event information can be found on the NAEP/AEP website at http://www.n-aep2013.org/
The Conference-at-a-Glance is subject to change
JW Marriott L.A. LIVE
Conference-at-a-Glance
AICP Certification Credits
CM credit has been approved as noted.
W E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 3 , 2 0 1 3
All Salon session rooms are on the second floor, Platinum Ballroom area.
6:30 am - 7:30 am 5K Scholarship Walk/Run ($40 fee applies), meet in hotel lobby
7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast, Platinum Foyer
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration, Platinum Foyer
7:30 am - 6:00 pm Exhibits Open, Platinum Foyer
Session Block 4 Complete Enough for NEPA and Native Tools and Approaches The Renewable NEPA and Local CEQA Practicum: The Solar
8:00 am - 9:30 am Complete Streets American World to Integrated Health Energy Landscape Agencies: Potential Subsequent CEQA Programmatic EIS: A
CM | 1.5
Salon I
Salon F Issues Roles in the NEPA Reviews New Paradigm for
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
Views
CM | 1.5 | PENDING CM | 1.5
Process Renewable Energy
Salon H CM | 1.5 Salon C Development on
Salon G Public Lands
Salon A, B
CM | 1.5
8:00 am - 1:30 pm Mobile Workshop - Ecological Restoration in the Urban Environment ($60 additional fee)
Salon J
Session Block 5 Getting Trip Cultural Resources in The Idiots Guide to Scenic Resource Improving NEPA CEQA Practicum: Resolving Conflicts
9:45 am - 11:15 am Generation Right Large-Scale Linear Climate Action Protection and Effectiveness Determining Over Renewable
CM | 1.5 Projects Planning Sustainable CM | 1.5 Significance Energy Projects
Salon F CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 Development Salon A, B CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
CM | 1.5
Salon I
Salon G Salon H Salon C Salon J
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Luncheon, Keynote Speaker: Brett Rohring, Director, Corporate Citizenship, Environmental Policy, The Walt Disney Company, Salon E
11:30 am - 6:00 pm Mobile Workshop - Renewable Energy at Three Scales: Residential, Commercial, and Utility ($60 additional fee, box lunch will be provided)
Session Block 6 What CEQA Using Technology to New Tools to Use in Mitigation and Habitat Better NEPA Practice CEQA Practicum: Collaborative
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Guidelines Should Sustainably Manage Analyzing Air Quality, Restoration CM | 1.5 Developing Sustainability Efforts
CM | 1.5
Salon I
Include for GHG Emissions, and Salon A, B Alternatives in Southern
CM | 1.5
Water Quality
CM | 1.5
Transportation Impact Health Risk California
Analysis CM | 1.5 Salon C CM | 1.5
CM | 1.5
Salon G
Salon H Salon J
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm Mobile Workshop - Walking Tour of Rehabilitated and Adaptively Reused Historic Buildings ($60 additional fee)
Salon F
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break, Platinum Foyer
Session Block 7 NEPA in Action Status of Proposed Whisky’s for Drinking Something Old, Something Implementing NEPA CEQA Exemptions: Reaching New
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm CM | 1.5 CEQA Modernization and Water’s for New, Something Borrowed, Projects Not All They’re Audiences with New
CM | 1.5
Something Blue:
Salon A, B Legislation Fighting Over Cracked Up to Be? Tools
CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5 CM | 1.5
Climate Adaptation in the
21st Century Salon D
Salon C Salon F CM | 1.5 | PENDING Salon F Salon H
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Wine and Cheese Reception, Platinum Foyer
Salon G
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm AEP Jam Band, Casey’s Irish Pub
AIR QUALITY & CLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPORTATION & NOISE
CEQA VISUAL RESOURCES
CULTURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS
ENERGY WILDLIFE & HABITAT
LAND USE, WATER & SUSTAINABILITY
NEPA MOBILE WORKSHOPS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
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3. The most current session and event information can be found on the NAEP/AEP website at http://www.n-aep2013.org/
The Conference-at-a-Glance is subject to change
JW Marriott L.A. LIVE
Conference-at-a-Glance
AICP Certification Credits
CM credit has been approved as noted.
All Salon session rooms are on the second floor, Platinum Ballroom area.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
NAEP Committee Chapters Committee Permanent Conference & Environmental Policy Committee
Salon I
Meetings Salon F 2014 Conference Committee (Energy, NEPA, Transportation, Sustainable Systems, Health)
7:30 am - 10:30 am Conference Registration, Platinum Foyer
7:00 am - 7:45 am Salon G
7:30 am - 12:00 pm Exhibits Open, Platinum Foyer
8:00 am - 8:45 am NAEP General Membership Meeting, Salon D
8:00 am - 8:45 am AEP General Membership Meeting, Salon E
9:00 am - 10:30 am Annual NEPA Update and Brunch - CM | 1.5 | LAW CM | 1.0, Salon D
Although the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and CEQ's the NEPA regulations have remained stable for many years, NEPA's
implementation by federal agencies is constantly changing. The federal courts regularly hand down new decisions that influence day-to-day
NEPA practice. Additionally, CEQ and the USEPA occasionally develop guidance designed to improve NEPA compliance. Although rare,
Congress sometimes amends NEPA as it did recently for transportation projects. This session will provide participants with a comprehensive
update of the latest developments in NEPA case law, including decisions focusing on alternatives, cumulative impacts, and climate change. The
session will also provide an update on the latest NEPA-related legislation, as well as initiatives from CEQ (which will be presented by Horst
Greczmiel, CEQ Associate Director for NEPA Oversight), USEPA, and other federal agencies.
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Annual CEQA Update - CM | 1.5 | AICP LAW 1.5, Salon D
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is constantly evolving. With new judicial interpretations handed down each year, California's
Legislature adopting new statutes each year, and new amendments to the State CEQA Guidelines, it's important for every CEQA practitioner to
keep up with the latest changes. This session gives you the opportunity to hear a panel of CEQA experts discuss what's new with California's
most important environmental law. Topics will include: 2012 CEQA legislation, the key court cases of the past year, the revisions to the State
CEQA Guidelines encouraging infill development, and practical advice on how to comply with CEQA in light of these developments.
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Exhibitor Tear-Down, Platinum Foyer
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm NAEP Board Meeting, Atrium 2, 3
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm AEP Board of Directors Meeting, Atrium 1
AIR QUALITY & CLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPORTATION & NOISE
CEQA VISUAL RESOURCES
CULTURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS
ENERGY WILDLIFE & HABITAT
LAND USE, WATER & SUSTAINABILITY
NEPA MOBILE WORKSHOPS
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
For more conference information visit http://www.n-aep2013.org/
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