Co-sponsored by the Environmental & Natural Resources Section
Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Live Seminar: SBA Southern Regional Office, 270 N. Church Ave., Tucson
Live Simulcast: Daniel J. McAuliffe CLE Center, 4201 N. 24th Street, Phoenix
This seminar will also be available as a CLE Webcast
This seminar will include an introduction to the history and purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the law that established U.S. environmental policies and requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to accomplishing the agency’s goal.
Topics will include
• Nuts and bolts of NEPA’s procedural requirements
• NEPA litigation
• Discussion of current issues in NEPA, including climate change issues, health impact assessment & more
Faculty: Dinah Bear, Esq., Former General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality
Joy Herr-Cardillo, Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
Chairperson: Cyndi Tuell, Southwest Conservation Advocate, Center for Biological Diversity
This seminar may qualify for up to 3 MCLE hours