| Time (CST) |
Event
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| 7:00 – 6:30 PM |
Registration Desk Open | Winter Garden |
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast | Depot Pavilion Prefunction |
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8:00 – 9:15 AM
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EPR Live! | Depot Pavilion
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| 9:15 – 9:30 AM |
Networking Break | Depot Pavilion |
| 9:30 – 11:00 AM | Concurrent Breakout Session IV |
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Breakout 1
Environmental Justice
Depot Pavilion
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EJ & NEPA Workshop: Considering Cumulative Effects and EJ in the NEPA Process
- Carolyn L. Nelson
- Stan Buzzelle
- Denise C. Freeman
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Breakout 2
NEPA
Great Hall
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Recent NEPA Case Law (2023)
- Fred Wagner
- Michael D. Smith
- Melanie Hernandez
- Pam Hudson
- Bilal Harris
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Breakout 3
Biological Resources
Hiawatha Ballroom
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Insect Responses to Pollinator Habitat at Solar Energy Facilities (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
Passive Acoustic Monitoring Technologies to Understand Avian and Bat Occurrence at Solar Energy Facilities (10:00 – 10:30 AM) - CANCELED
Detection of Federally Listed Eurycea Salamanders Using Environmental DNA (10:30 – 11:00 AM)
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Breakout 4
Transportation
Zephyr
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Successful Section 4(f) Mitigation Strategies for SD44 Platte-Winner Bridge (9:30 – 10:00 AM)
- Stacy Woodson
- Andrea Bierle
Environmental Commitments - State of the Practice (10:00 – 10:30 AM)
- David Grachen
- Ken Graeve
- Carol Strojny
Environmental Commitments Tracking & Arizona DOT's EPIC (Environmental Permits Issues and Commitments) Plan Sheet (10:30 – 11:00 AM) - CANCELED
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| 11:00 – 11:30 AM |
Poster Sessions & Networking Break sponsored by Barr Engineering | Winter Garden & Depot Pavilion
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| 11:30 – 1:00 PM | Concurrent Breakout Session V |
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Breakout 1
NEPA
Great Hall
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Proximate cause in NEPA documents (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
EISs and EAs at the NRC: Meeting the FRA (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
Conveyance Complexities: An Unprecedented Compliance Journey of Minerals to Market (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
- Leah Schofield
- Elizabeth Bella
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Breakout 2
Geospatial
Hiawatha Ballroom
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Mapping Invasive Species using Drones and Machine Learning (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
Watershed-based Spatial Feature Engineering for Predicting Streamflow (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
Combining Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Wetland Identification (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
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Breakout 3
Cultural Resources
Zephyr
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The Bethel Cemetery Relocation Project (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
Agency Coordination Related to the DigIndy Deep Tunnel Project (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
Physiological and Psychological Effects of Noise on People (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
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Breakout 4
Environmental Justice
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I-526 Lowcountry Corridor-WEST Environmental Justice Community Outreach and Mitigation (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
Addressing Environmental Justice Considerations for the I-81 Viaduct Project (12:00 – 12:30 PM)
- Christopher Calvert
- Rita Campon
Participant Compensation: Emerging Practice for Meaningful and Equitable Public Involvement (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
- Katie Caskey
- Kristin White
- Hally Turner
- Jesseca Brand
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1:15 – 2:30 PM
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Plenary Lunch | Depot Pavilion
Chair Brenda Mallory of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality
Eric Beightel, Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Chair Sara Bronin of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
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| 2:30 – 2:45 PM |
Networking Break sponsored by ESRI | Depot Pavilion
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2:45 – 4:15 PM | Concurrent Breakout Session VI
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Breakout 1
NEPA
Great Hall
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Updates to the National Environmental Policy Act Procedures
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Breakout 2
Climate Change
Hiawatha Ballroom
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AEP Climate Change Committee on Climate Modeling in Habitat Planning
- Michael Hendrix
- Rich Walter
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Breakout 3
Environmental Justice
Zephyr
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Environmental Justice and Cultural Resources Management
- Heather Miller
- Kevin Donald
- Monette Hearn
- Sara Bronin
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Breakout 4
Cultural Resources
Charles Frost
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Tribal Partnerships and How to Advance Meaningful Engagement
- Shanna Braun
- Veronica Parsell
- Cheyanne St. John
- Patrick Hughley
- Drew Brockman
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| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Women in STEM Reception | Depot Pavilion
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| 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Dine Arounds | Various Offsite Restaurants
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