The presentation will focus on the implications and risks associated with anticipated changes to federal environmental regulations under the Biden administration. The presentation will walk through how these changes may affect project delivery for the massive infrastructure push that the Biden administration is pursuing as well. This may include schedule implications, mitigation efforts, and revising regulatory approvals. The regulations that will be addressed include: NEPA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and Clean Air Act; however, in the coming months additional regulations may present themselves as helpful in present as well. The target audience will be engineers, planners, and DOTs whose projects will be affected by the changing regulations. My goal is that the audience learns about what is changing, the anticipated timelines for these changes, and where they can stay abreast of and engage in the process.
Learning Objectives:
- insight into changing environmental regulation
- affects of project delivery by ongoing changes
- best practices to stay current on changing environmental regulations