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Meeting and Workshop Agenda
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WORKSHOPS
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SESSION #120, Hilton |
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8:30
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Early Lessons Learned in Implementing SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions |
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Shari M.
Schaftlein, Federal Highway Administration, presiding
Sponsored by Environmental Analysis in Transportation
Committee
Much of the new rulemaking and guidance for
environmental process and funding provisions has
been issued. The timing is ripe to gather a wide
variety of practitioners and compare experiences
in implementing the SAFETEA-LU environmental
provisions. This workshop will focus on the
following provisions: Section 6005-the 5 State
Delegation; Section 6004-delegation of
environmental approvals for Categorical
Exclusions projects to States; Section 6009-Section 4(f)
amendments; Section 6001-planning provisions for
increased resource agency and stakeholder
consultation to compare plans and identify
mitigation opportunities; and Section 6002-the new
review process for FHWA and FTA Environmental
Impact Statement projects. The Workshop will
close with an Open-Mike session to address other
environmental process or funding issues such
as Section 1503-Design Build and NEPA; Section
6010 Intelligent
Transportation Systems
categorical exclusions; Section 6007-exemption from
considering the bulk of the
Interstate Highway System as a
historic property; and, Section 6006-environmental
restoration and pollution
abatement funding eligibilities
Environmental Review Provisions
Planning and Environment Linkages |
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#171, Hilton |
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1:30
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Planning for the Green and the Grey:
How Green Infrastructure Plans Can Help Advance
Transportation Projects |
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Kris A. Hoellen, Conservation Leadership
Network The Conservation Fund; Dominique
Lueckenhoff, US Environmental Protection Agency,
presiding
Sponsored by Environmental Analysis in Transportation
Committee and Ecology and
Transportation Committee
This workshop will demonstrate how green infrastructure
planning can be an effective tool for
transportation professionals in planning and delivering
transportation projects. Green
infrastructure planning provides transportation
professionals with a strategic approach for
prioritizing conservation opportunities and a planning
framework for conservation and
development – integrating the green and the grey.
Participants at the workshop will learn how
green infrastructure planning can serve as a tool to
inform land use decisions and build
consensus among diverse interests. Through case studies
and a mapping charrette, participants
will come to see how a green infrastructure
approach can be used to connect environmental,
social, and economic health across urban,
suburban, and rural settings, and most importantly
serve to address planning provisions in Section
6001 of SAFETEA-LU and link the planning and
NEPA process. Participants will also hear how
this approach is being adopted by a number of
agencies including the US Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Department of Defense, and the
Environmental Protection Agency, and will hear
strategies for advancing environmental mitigation
into early regional transportation planning.
Todays Messages
- S Schaftlein, FHWA
Green Infrastructure and Transportation
- Kris Hoellen, Director, Conservation Leadership
Network
Mid-Atlantic Green Highways Partnership
- Dominique Lueckenhoff, EPA Region 3
The Economic Benefits of Protecting Green Infrastructure
- Bill Jenkins, MD DNR
The Green Highways Partnership_Achieving the Vision
- Patrick Jeffers, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region III |
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MEETINGS
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8:00
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Natural Resources and Environmental
Stewardship Subcommittee,
Hilton |
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SESSION #369,
Hilton |
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3:45 -
5:30 p.m. |
Achieving Smart
Mitigation in Transportation Projects |
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Charles Stoll, California Department of
Transportation, presiding
Sponsored by: Environmental Analysis in
Transportation Committee (ADC10)
Note: A panel of practitioners explores lessons learned
and methods used from ongoing and completed
transportation plans and projects to accomplish
effective mitigation for environmental impacts caused by
transportation projects. The session examines complex
actions with interconnected and interdependent
components including limited design resolution and
uncertainty in terms of construction and operational
details and impact mitigation potentials. The session
begins with three 20-minute presentations of smart
mitigation examples from around the country. Then the
four federal agency representatives will participate in
a discussion of how to replicate and encourage more such
actions in the future, with participation and questions
and answers from the audience.
North Carolina's Interagency Agreements to Streamline
Project Approvals
William D. Gilmore, North Carolina Department Of
Environment And Natural Resources
John F. Sullivan, FHWA North Carolina Division
Oregon's Experiments in Integrated Ecosystem Service
Banking and Trading: Wetlands, Wildlife, Salmon, and
Water Quality
Jeff Heilman, Parametrix
San Diego County's Sales-Tax-Supported Environmental
Mitigation Program
Bruce April, California Department of Transportation |
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9:30
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SESSION #458, Hilton |
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Environment and Energy
Poster Session |
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Christine Gerencher, Transportation Research Board,
presiding
Sponsored by: Environment and Energy Section (ADC00) |
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Environmental Analysis in Transportation Standing
Committee Poster
Ronald S. DeNadai, HNTB Corporation |
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CO-SPONSORED
SESSIONS |
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1:30
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SESSION #507, Marriott |
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Wildlife Issues for Rail and Highway
Corridors |
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Marilyn D. Duffey, The Duffey Company, presiding
Sponsored by:
Guided Intercity Passenger Transportation Committee
(AR020)
Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee
(ADC10)
Ecology and Transportation Committee (ADC30)
Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee (ANB20)
Note: This session includes brief presentations by
five speakers from the public and private sectors on
research findings, followed by a panel discussion among
the presenters, moderated by Marilyn Duffey, Chair of
the Environmental Subcommittee for Intercity Passenger
Transportation and President of the Duffey Company.
Effects of Landscape Attributes on the Use of Wildlife
Underpasses By Small Mustelids
Marcel P. Huijser, Western Transportation Institute
Status of Safety-Based Deer-Vehicle Crash Research
Keith Knapp, Texas Transportation Institute
High-Speed Train Noise Effects on Livestock and Wildlife
Carl E. Hanson, Harris, Miller, Miller & Hanson
Trains, Grains, and Grizzly Bears
Jesse Feinberg, Habitat and Highways Program, Defenders
of Wildlife, Washington, DC
Jim Pissot, Defenders of Wildlife Canada, Canmore,
Alberta
Wildlife & Heavy Rail Interface
Mel Burda, BNSF Railway |
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SESSION #585, Hilton |
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3:45 -
5:30 p.m. |
Papers in Environmental Analysis in
Transportation |
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James G. Bach, Louis Berger Group, Inc.,
presiding
Sponsored by: Environmental Analysis
in Transportation Committee (ADC10)
Note: This session offers a cross section of the diverse
issues addressed by the Committee on Environmental
Analysis in Transportation as it considers
transportation's effects upon the environment.
Benchmarking State Department of
Transportation Environmental Commitment Tracking Systems
(Presentation)
(Paper 07-2439)
Marie Venner, Mike Barylski, Mark Youman, and Michael
DeWit, ICF International
Brian Allen, Federal Highway Administration
Mix Design and Benefit Evaluation
of High Solar Reflectance Concrete for Pavements
(Presentation)
(Paper 07-0497)
Kanok Boriboonsomsin, University of California,
Riverside
Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University
Areawide Cumulative Effects
Analysis Using GIS
(Presentation)
(Paper
07-2611)
Brian Muller, Lynn E. Johnson, John W. Wyckoff, and Fred
Nuszdorfer, University of Colorado, Denver
Brad Beckham, Colorado Department of Transportation
Environmental Knowledge and
Attitudes and Environmental Impact of Vehicle Ownership
and Use
(Presentation)
(Paper 07-2978)
Bradley Flamm, University of California, Berkeley |
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MEETINGS, Hilton |
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8:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
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Environmental Analysis in
Transportation Committee |
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