8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One
Barbara Schussman, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco
Robert D. Thornton, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Nossaman, Irvine

8:45 A Primer on the NEPA Statute
Introduction and Overview
Robert D. Thornton, Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:45 Recent NEPA Developments
Case Law and Agency Update
Ella Foley Gannon, Esq.
Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco

10:45 Morning Break

11:00 Making the NEPA Process Work
Insight for the Environmental Professional
Nicholas C. Yost, Esq.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco

11:45 Cumulative Impacts
How Wide is the Net?
Anna C. Shimko, Esq.
Cassidy Shimko Dawson & Kawakami, San Francisco

12:30 Lunch Break

1:45 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Analysis in NEPA Documents
It`s More than Just GHGs
Al Herson, Esq., Of Counsel
The Sohagi Law Group, Sacramento

2:45 Afternoon Break

3:00 Ethics
Considerations for the Environmental Practitioner
Stanley W. Lamport, Esq.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles

4:00 NEPA and Federal Stimulus Legislation
Are You Shovel Ready?
Barbara Schussman, Esq., Program Co-Chair

4:45 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

5:00 Adjourn

Friday, January 22

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
Barbara Schussman, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Robert D. Thornton, Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:15 Environmental Assessments
When are They Appropriate?
David M. Ivester, Esq.
Briscoe Ivester & Bazel, San Francisco

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Alternatives
How to Decide How Many and Which Ones to Study
Mark R. Bruner, Esq.
Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco

11:00 Categorical Exclusions
Current Issues
Nicole Hoeksma, Esq.
The Sohagi Law Group, Los Angeles

11:45 Lunch Break

1:00 Renewable Energy
A Panel Presentation
Karen Douglas, Esq., Chairman
California Energy Commission, Sacramento
Jenifer Lee, Managing Director, Environmental
Edison Mission Energy, Irvine
Robert D. Thornton, Esq., Program Co-Chair

2:30 Afternoon Break

2:45 Joint CEQA & NEPA Compliance
Tools and Tips
Kenneth M. Bogdan, Esq., Environmental Counsel
ICF Jones & Stokes, Sacramento

3:30 Putting the Pieces Together: Integrating NEPA with Other Federal Requirements
Feasibility Studies, Biological Opinions, 404 Permits,
Conformity Determinations, Section 106 and Section 4f
Robert J. Uram, Esq.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, San Francisco

4:15 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

4:30 Evaluations and Adjourn

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