2012 Environmental Conference Presentations

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2012 Environmental Conference Presentations

TxDOT hosted the 2012 Environmental Conference Sept. 25-27, 2012 at the San Marcos Embassy Suites Hotel, Spa and Conference Center. TxDOT staff and those from state and federal regulatory agencies, local governments, other public partners and private sector partners were invited.

The conference agenda included two days of training in general sessions and one full day of training with technical breakout sessions, and many of the presentations are available below. The conference focused on how to best assist local governments and others to successfully navigate the environmental aspects of the TxDOT project development process.

Title	Speaker	Format
Day 1
Introduction	Carlos Swonke, P.G.
Planning and Environmental Coordination	Marc D. Williams, P.E.
Local Perspective: Hays County	The Honorable Will Conley
TxDOT's New Environmental Rules	Brandy Huston
Environmental Structure at TxDOT: Roles and Responsibilities and the TxDOT Environmental Toolkit	Lisa Hart, Daniel Harris
Yes, We're Listening: What you Told us	Carlos Swonke, P.G.
Redefining the Role of Public Engagement in Agency Operations	Jefferson Grimes
From Chaos to Collaboration: New Approaches to Community Engagement	Larry Schooler
Connections: Environmental Information and Coordination with other TxDOT Programs	Barbara Maley
Managing Projects	Lynn Isaak, P.E.
Planning and the Environmental Process: A Budding Romance?	Ashby Johnson
Day 2
Indirect and Cumulative Impacts	Carlos Swonke, P.G.
The New and Improved FHWA - TxDOT Programmatic Agreement	Mike Leary, Melissa Neeley
What are the Different Types of Categorical Exclusions and How do we Process them?	Bryan Ellis
Comprehensive Development Agreements (CDAs) and Environmental Issues	Sonja Land
USACE Updates	David Madden
Endangered Species Act Consultation	Darren LeBlanc
Environmental Issues and Property Acquisition for Public Purpose	John P. Campbell, P.E.
Local Government Transportation Projects	David Millikan, Lain Ellis
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between TxDOT and TCEQ	Tim Wood, Amy Foster
Day 3
MAP-21: Opportunities to Accelerate Project Delivery	Lain Ellis, Douglass Mack, Dan Perge, P.E., Jim Abbott, John Young
All About PALMs: Potential Archeological Liability Mapping by the Environmental Affairs Division	Jim Abbott
Predicting Biological Risk to Forecast Costs Associated with Biological Surveys	John Young, Lain Ellis, Daniel Harris
Environmental Forecasting	Lain Ellis
US 181 Harbor Bridge Project	Christopher Amy
Changes in Census Data and Effective Community Impact Analysis	Nicolle Kord, Ashley McLain, Chris Amy
Ecological Resources Q&A Session	Mark Fisher
Forthcoming CRM Process Improvements	Bruce Jensen
Coordination of Archeological/Historical Issues from Scoping to ECOS to NEPA Documentation	Scott Pletka, Summer Chandler, Bruce Jensen
Pollution Prevention and Abatement AKA HAZMAT	Rodney Concienne, P.G.
TxDOT's MS4 Update and Case Studies	Supalak Rogers
PPA Session 2: ISA Refresher Training	Douglass Mack
TxDOTs Environmental Management System Status	Layde Philips
TxDOT's Environmental Management System: Statewide Special Specification 1122 and the EMS Verification Audit	John Jameson, Layde Philips, Thomas D. Burr
New Air Quality Rules and Non-Attainment Designations	Jeff Riley
Air Quality Document Updates	Tim Wood
Traffic Air Quality Analysis (TAQA) - A Project-Level Screening Analysis for Carbon Monoxide	Ed Rashin, Bob Huch
Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES)	Madhusudhan Venugopal, P.E., Ed Rashin
Scoping: Streamlining Step 1	Karie Brown, Brandy Huston, Scott Ford
Meeting the Challenges of New Environmental Reporting Requirements	Dan Perge, P.E., Melissa Neely, Sai Kolla
Legislative Reporting	Melissa Neely
Texas ECOS Today	Sai Kolla