Continuing Education / Outreach

Orientation to Sustainable Environmental Assessment


Dates: Location:

February 1- 5, 2010

7:45 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Thursday
8:00 am - 11:30 am Friday

Special Wednesday Only program for advanced participants

UCLA

Fee:  

Standard Fee: $995 for entire week; $325 for Wednesday only

Early bird for entire week (before 12/18/09): $849

Earlybird for Wednesday only (before 3 pm Pacific time Jan. 15): $245

Beginning Jan 4, 2010 - with each entire week standard enrollment, you may have one Wednesday only enrollent for $99.

A limited number of scholarships may be available. Please request an application at erc@ph.ucla.edu.

Payment Terms (rev. 11./6/09): Substitutions may be made without additional charge. Cancellations must be in writing. Refund schedule:

  • Cancellation 15 or more business days before the class 80% of registration fee
  • Cancellation 7-14 business days before the class 50%
  • Cancellation less than 7 days before the class and "no shows" No refund

If course materials such as books have been sent to course participants in advance, the cost of that material will be subtracted from the refund.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. If a program is canceled, you will be notified and your registration fee will be refunded in full, less the cost of course materials sent in advance if they are not returned in the condition in which they were received. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.

Overview:  

Environmental responsibilities under NEPA and other authorities have been delegated by 24CFR58 to local governments for many HUD programs, such as CDBG, HOME, subsidized and public housing. This course uses exercises and an interactive simulation to reach participants & train them to conduct environmental reviews, briefs them on more recent and relevant environmental issues such as sustainability, & raises the awareness and commitment to environmental issues.


Who Should Attend:  

Local government staff involved in such programs as HUD, subsidized housing, planning and redevelopment; development professionals


Agenda / Topics (subject to change):  

Monday, February 1, 2010 Getting Started & Water

7:45-8:15 REGISTRATION & Pretest - pick case/group (1 of 3)
8:15-8:25 WELCOME
8:25-9:00 Introductions
9:00-10:15 (1) NEPA Overview & Procedural Mechanics I
10:15-10:45 BREAK & start exercise
10:45-11:30 (2) Exercise: Name that Level of Review
11:30-1:00 LUNCH BREAK
1:00-1:20 Video - The Awesome Power
1:20-1:30 (3) Intro to Water Theme
1:30-2:15 (4) National Flood Insurance Program -- Cynthia McKenzie, FEMA
2:15-2:30 BREAK
2:30-2:55 Wetland Identification & Management Video -- Wetland Biomes: Essential & Endangered
2:55-3:40 (5) Wetlands: Permits, Bio-diversity -- Kenneth Wong, USACE
3:40-4:15 (6) Water & Env Assessment Process
Homework (7) Case Studies 1 -- Flood Plain & Wetland problems ; Location Map, project description for case study

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 First Steps, Historic Preservation and Field Trips

7:45-8:15 American Legacy: The Work of the Natl Reg of Hist Places (video)
8:15-8:30 Review (& group presentations) Limitations Prior to Environmental Clearance- True/False Quiz
8:30-945 (8) First Steps -- Project Description/Aggregation, Map Reading, Getting information from internet; Initial Screening & Issue Identification using form (4128/SFNC)
9:45-10:00 BREAK
10:00-11:00 (9) Historic Preservation (106) Process -- Richard Starzak, ICF Jones & Stokes
11:00-11:30 (10) Historic Preservation (106) Process - Archaeology --Stacy St. James, South Central Coastal Information Center 11:30-12:00 (11) Historic Tax Incentives
12:15- 4:45 Field Trip (includes LUNCH) (12) Case Studies 2 -- site visit, initial screening of all components using 4128 SFNC form

Wednesday, February 3 Site Contamination & Pt. 51 Env. Standards

7:45 - 8:15 Case Studies 3 -- Work on Cases, Previous day review
8:15-8:30 This is Superfund (EPA video)
8:30-9:45 (13) Environmental Site Hazards -- Scott English, Rincon
9:45-10:05 (14) HUD Procedures for Contaminated Sites
10:05-10:20 BREAK
10:20-11:20 (15) Brownfield Redevelopment -- Noemi Emeric, USEPA
11:20-1:15 LUNCH BREAK & (16) Case Studies 4 -- Contaminated Site Problem
1:15-2:15 (17) Noise Analysis
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:00 (18) HUD Env Standards - Clear Zones, Explosive & Flammable Hazards
3:00 - 4:00 (19) Sustainability -- Speaker TBD
4:00 - 5:00 (20) Study Time
Case Studies & Problems (Undermine, End Species, Explosive Hazard)

Thursday, February 4 Procedural Mechanics, Healthy Homes

8:30–9:15 Q&A & Case Study Work -- work on case studies for Friday presentation
9:15–10:30 (21) Basics – LA Form book & how to Use it
10:30-11:15 Exercise 3 Public Notification and Release of Funds Quiz & Break
11:15-11:45 (22) Request for Release of Funds
11:45-1:15 LUNCH BREAK & Exercise
1:15-1:45 (23) Monitoring & exercise
1:45-2:15 (24) Tiering & Programmatic Reviews
2:15-2:45 (25) Lead, Healthy Homes -- Karen Griego, HUD
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 (26) Energy -- Wayne Waite, HUD
4:00-4:45 Case Studies 6 -- Prepare for Friday presentations

Friday, February 5 Presentations, Energy & Wrap Up

8:00 - 9:00 Review of Pretest & Case Studies 7
9:00-9:30 (27) Environmental Justice
9:30–10:45 Presentation of Cases -- Participants
10:45-11:30 Wrap Up & Take Home Final Exam


Faculty:  

Eugene Goldfarb , MUP, JD, AICP, Adjunct Asst Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago
Principal Instructors : Michelle Simmons, HUD; Rich Marusich, City LA; & Eugene Goldfarb, UIC/GLEP
Other Distinguished Guest Speakers


Professional Points:

  • ABIH— Certification of Maintenance Points from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene have been approved or applied for

  • BCSP and Continuing Education Units — Eligible for 40.0 Continuation of Certification Points/CEUs for each course upon successful completion of course with full attendance

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