2025 NEPA Essentials Workshop

Virtual Event

Thursday, September 11th | 8:30am - 3:45pm PST

California AEP’s NEPA Essentials Workshop is designed to inform consultants, regulators, applicants, and industry professionals on the basics of NEPA practice, as well as emerging trends and issues in practice, policy, and case law.

The curriculum will focus on the following topics:
» NEPA’s framework
» Determining NEPA application
» Required scope and content of NEPA documents
» Determining which NEPA pathway to follow
» Common NEPA mistakes and how to avoid them
» Integrating NEPA with other laws
» Recent policy and legal updates

6 AICP and 2.0 MCLE credits may be earned for attending this workshop.

Pricing

Member (Full/Agency/Corporate): $150
Member (Young Professional/Emeritus): $100
Member (Student): $35
Non-Member: $250
Non-Member Group Rate (per person for groups of 3+): $175

For questions, please contact us at membership@califaep.org.

Agenda

TBD

Speakers

TBD

8:30-8:45am	Introductions
8:45-9:15am	Joint NEPA & CEQA Documents Case Study (Marie Campbell)
9:15-10:15am	Pathways for Joint Documents Administrative Procedures Act (Ben Whittle)
10:15-10:30am	BREAK
10:30am-Noon	NEPA Purpose & Need/Alternatives/Affected Environment & Baseline Conditions (Theresa Dickerson)
Noon-12:30pm	LUNCH BREAK
12:30-1:45pm	Impact Analysis & Environmental Consequences Effective Mitigation Measures (Lorraine Ahlquist)
1:45-2:00pm	BREAK
2:00-3:00pm	Consideration of Related Federal Regulations (Michael Smith)
3:00-3:15pm	Q&A and Discussion