Continuing Education / Outreach
Orientation to Environmental Assessment

Dates: Location:
Monday—Friday, February 12-16, 2007 UCLA

Fee:  
$995 or $250 per day. Most course material will be provided on CD-ROM and is included in the tuition. A hard copy of the material may be purchased for $150.

Overview:  

Environmental responsibilities have been delegated to local governments for more HUD programs, such as Community Development Block Grant, HOME, and now public and subsidized housing.

Orientation to Environmental Assessment training goals: 1) To give participants hands-on knowledge and experience in conducting environmental assessments in accordance with federal law. 2) To brief the participants on more recent and relevant issues in the environmental field. 3) Raise the awareness and commitment to environmental issues.


Who Should Attend:  

Local officials, including public housing authorities and not-for-profits, who need environmental approval (24 CFR 50 or 58) for use of HUD funding.

Agenda / Topics :  

Monday February 12, 2007 Getting Started & Water

8:00 am REGISTRATION & Pretest - pick case/group (1 of 3)

8:30 Welcome, Introductions

9:15 (1) Course Overview, Logistics, Introductory Slide Show

10:15 (2) NEPA Overview & Procedural Mechanics I Exercise: Name that Level of Review

12 noon LUNCH BREAK

1:30 pm Video - The Awesome Power

1:50 (3) National Flood Insurance Program

2:45 Wetland Identification & Management Video; Wetland Biomes: Essential & Endangered

3:10 (4) Wetlands: Permits, Bio-diversity

3:45 (5) HUD 8 Step Procedure

4:00 (6) Case Studies 1 -- Flood Plain & Wetland problems; Location Map, project description for case study

5:00 Adjourn

Tuesday February 13, 2007 Historic Preservation & Field Trips

8:00 am American Legacy: The Work of the Natl Reg of Hist Places (video)

8:45 Review (& group presentations)

9:00 (7) First Steps -- Project Description/Aggregation, Map Reading; Initial Screening & Issue Identification using form (4128/SFNC); LA Review Procedure

10:15 (9) Tour of CDBG Project

11:45 LUNCH BREAK

12:45pm (10) Case Studies 2 -- site visit, initial screening of all components using form

3:00 (8) Historic Preservation (106) Process

5:00-7:00 Mixer, (12)Historic Preservation Problem

Wednesday February 14, 2007 Site Contamination & HUD (Part 51) Env Standards

8:00 am Case Studies 3 -- Presentations of HP solutions & case study status

8:45 (13) Environmental Site Hazards

10:00 (14) HUD Procedures for Contaminated Sites

10:40 (15) Brownfield Redevelopment

11:30 LUNCH BREAK & (16) Case Studies 4 -- Contaminated Site Problem

1:30 pm (17) Spreadsheet Noise Analysis

2:15 (18) Environmental Software & Using the Internet

3:45 (19,20) HUD Env Standards - Clear Zones,Explosive & Flammable Hazards

4:15 (21, 22) Local Variations

4:30 (23) Study Time -- Case Studies & Problems (Undermine, End Species, Explosive Hazard)

5:00 Adjourn

Thursday February 16, 2007 Procedural Mechanics & Lead

8:00 Case Studies 5 -- Problems (Undermine, End Species, Explosive Hazard); Begin Higher Level Tests (Noise Assessment Guidelines)

10:15 (24) Procedural Mechanics II

11:30 LUNCH BREAK

1:00 pm Procedural Mechanics II (cont'd); Exercise: Notice

1:30 (25) Lead

3:45 (26) Environmental Justice Video & HUD FHEO

4:15 Case Studies 6 -- Prepare for Friday presentations

5:00 Adjourn

Friday February 17, 2007 Energy & Sustainability

8:00 am Review of Pretest & Case Studies 7

9:00 Presentation of Cases -- Participants

10:00 (27) Energy

11:00 (28) Sustainability

11:45 Wrap Up & Take Home Final Exam

12 noon Adjourn


Faculty:  

Elizabeth McDargh, Senior Environmental Officer for Southern California

Eugene Goldfarb, Great Lakes Environmental Planning

Rich Marusich


Professional Points:

· General credit: Continuing Education Units—2.1
· ABIH -- 4.5 CM points have been approved
· COC points by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals -- 2.1

To register by phone - 310 206-2304

To register by fax - 310 794-9317

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