Air & Waste Management Association | Golden West Section

A&WMA-GWS Event

2011 Sep 21

A&WMA-GWS One-Day Specialty Conference:
Current Developments in CEQA Guidance – The Road Ahead

This conference will provide presentations and discussions on current developments in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review guidance, the implementation of SB 375 and the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS).  The information will address challenges for those who work with stationary industrial sources and for residential and commercial land use development.

Significant developments have occurred in addressing climate change and air quality in environmental documents in recent years due to the adoption of the Global Warming Solutions Act (Assembly Bill 32), Senate Bill 375, and more stringent national ambient air quality standards.  These new environmental mandates must now be considered in land use development and in transportation planning.

This conference will include presentations on the current guidance and approaches to CEQA compliance in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.  Climate Action Plans and their impact on the CEQA process will be discussed.  Approaches for both mandated and voluntary pollutant or GHG reduction programs for CEQA and SB 375 will be described.  SB 375 and related transportation challenges will be discussed.  The conference should give attendees insight in how to navigate the road ahead to achieve CEQA project approvals.

• A&WMA GWS Conference Flyer Ver. 3 (796 kb)

1st Session Presentations

• Speaker 1 - Abby Young, Bay Area AQMD (333 kb)
• Speaker 2 - Arnaud Marjollet, San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD (301 kb)
• Speakers 3 & 4 - Jeane Berry Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD; Matt Jones, Yolo-Solano APCD (5.8 mb)

2nd Session Presentations

• Speaker 1 - Calla Rose Ostrander, City of San Francisco, Department of the Environment (465 kb)

3rd Session Presentations

• Speaker 1 - Miles Imwalle, Morrison and Foerster (114 kb)
• Speaker 2 - Larry Robinson, Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD (993 kb)
• Speaker 3 - Arnaud Marjollet, San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD (248 kb)

4th Session Presentations

• Speaker 1 - Ezra Rapport, Association of Bay Area Governments (658 kb)
• Speaker 2 - Curt Johansen, Infill Builders Association (1.3 mb)
• Speaker 4 - Eric Walther, Sierra Research (679 kb)