The latest on the compliance process from developing proposals through judicial review
Featuring Jay J. Manning, Director, Department Of Ecology and David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership

Who Should Attend

Attorneys, legal advisors, environmental professionals, developers and government representatives

Why Attend

This workshop will cover the entire range of SEPA/NEPA compliance processes, from developing proposals and alternatives through judicial review, for both project and non-project actions. The program will be oriented to proposals large and small, addressing exemption determinations, mitigated DNSs, FONSIs and EISs, and will include perspectives of government agencies, proponents and opponents. In recognition of the interdisciplinary nature of SEPA/NEPA compliance teams, the respective roles of lawyers, environmental professionals and governmental officials will be a pervasive theme, as will similarities and differences between SEPA, NEPA, GMA and joint compliance processes. ~ Program Co-Chairs: Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Esq. and Richard L. Settle, Esq.

What You Will Learn

~Case law updates ~The consolidated permit appeal process ~Administrative and statutory categorical exemptions ~SEPA/NEPA and climate change ~Cumulative impacts analysis ~Designing SEPA/NEPA compliance for major projects ~EIS design and preparation ~SEPA and GMA integration