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February 18

8:30      Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00     Welcome and Introduction
           Overview of Day One

           John F. Clark, Esq., Program Chair
           Holland & Hart, Washington, DC

9:15     Annual Section 106 Regulatory Update
           Key Legal and Policy Developments
           John F. Clark, Esq., Program Chair

10:00   Morning Break

10:15   Keynote Presentation
           U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Heritage Resources
           Newest Developments in BLM Policies for Section 106 Review;
           Managing Heritage Resources and Improving Tribal Consultation
           for Energy Projects on BLM Lands

           Richard Hanes, PhD, Chief, Division of Cultural and
           Paleontological Resources and Tribal Coordination
           U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC

11:15   The Expanded Responsibilities of the Federal
           Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
           New Policies and Initiatives Affecting Pipeline Projects

           Paul Friedman, Senior Technical Expert
           Office of Energy Projects
           Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

12:00   Lunch Break

1:15     Energy Projects and the Corps -Waters and Wetlands
           Permitting Fundamentals, National Historic Preservation Act
           (NHPA) Compliance and Tribal Consultation

           Charles R. "Chip" Smith, Assistant for Environmental, Tribal
           and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
           Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
           Washington, DC

2:15     Afternoon Break

2:30     A View from the States
           State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO`s), Section 106 Review
           and Multiple Federal Agencies

           Alice M. Baldrica, Deputy State Historic Preservation
           Officer, Planner and Archeologist
           Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, Carson City, NV

           Jan V. Biella, RPA
           Interim State Historic Preservation Officer
           Historic Preservation Division
           New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Santa Fe, NM

           Lori Hunsaker, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
           Utah State History, Salt Lake City, UT

 4:15    Section 106 Review of Energy Projects Under the
           Rules and New Leadership of the Advisory
           Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
           Working with Agencies; Tribal Consultation; Programmatic
           Agreements; Adverse Effects

           Caroline D. Hall, Assistant Director
           Federal Property Management Section
           Office of Federal Agency Programs
           Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Washington, DC

5:15     Adjourn

February 19

8:30     Continental Breakfast

9:00     Welcome Back
           Overview of Day Two

           John F. Clark, Esq., Program Chair

9:15     Tribal Consultation Requirements for Projects
           off Tribal Lands
           Recent Developments

           John F. Clark, Esq., Program Chair

10:00   Morning Break

10:15   Creative Consultation and Management of
           Historic and Traditional Cultural Properties on
           Public Lands
           Inter-Jurisdictional Tribal Consultation Issues for Program
           Managers at the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management

           Susan Johnson, Tribal Relations Program Manager
           U.S. Forest Service, Golden, CO

           Signa Larralde, Deputy Preservation Officer
           U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, NM

           Mark Stiles, San Juan Forest Supervisor
           and Public Lands Manager, San Juan Public Lands Center
           U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
           Durango, CO

11:45   Lunch Break

1:00    New Approaches in Tribal Participation for a
          Major Gas Project
          The Ruby Pipeline Experience

          Les Anderson, Tribal Outreach Coordinator
          Environmental Planning Group (EPG), Henderson, NV

          Glenn Darrington, PhD, RPA, Director
          Environmental Planning Group (EPG), Henderson, NV

          Michon Eben,Cultural Resources Manager
          Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, NV

          Gene Seidlitz, District Manager
          Winnemucca District Office
          U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, NV

2:30    Afternoon Break

2:45    Finding Common Ground Between Energy
          Projects, Federal Agencies and Organizations
          that Advocate for Protection of the Resources
          Can Energy Projects, Federal Agencies and Non-
          Governmental Organizations (NGO`s) All Succeed?

          Alexander "Ti" Hays, Esq., Public Lands Counsel
          National Trust for Historic Preservation, Denver, CO

3:30    Ethics
          What Is, and What Is Not, Appropriate When Working with
          Government Officials and Staff on Compliance Issues

          Jane T. Feldman, Esq., Executive Director
          State of Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, Denver, CO

4:30    Ethnographic Studies in Section 106 Reviews
          Pros and Cons for Their Use in Rapid Identification of Traditional
          Cultural Properties (TCP)

          David E. Ruppert, PhD, Assistant Director
          Office of Indian Affairs and American Culture
          U.S. National Park Service, Washington, DC and Denver, CO

5:15    Evaluations and Adjourn

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