National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) practice is constantly evolving through new federal agency and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) guidance and federal court decisions. This intensive one-day roundtable session will feature leading NEPA experts discussing some of the most challenging and complex issues facing practitioners today. Topics include:
• Crafting a defensible Purpose and Need statement
• Alternatives analysis
• Mitigation and monitoring
• Cumulative impacts
• Climate change analysis
• Preparing defensible EA/FONSIs
• Current standards of judicial review and case law update
• Crafting a defensible Purpose and Need statement
• Alternatives analysis
• Mitigation and monitoring
• Cumulative impacts
• Climate change analysis
• Preparing defensible EA/FONSIs
• Current standards of judicial review and case law update
Course Code
409700