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Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act
When: February 11, 2020 2:00-4:00 PM ET
Duration: 2 hours
Certification: RPA-certified
Pricing
Individual Registration: $99 for SAA members; $149 for non-members
Group Registration: $139 for SAA members; $189 for non-members
Jennifer E. Payne is the Acting Division Leader for the Environmental Protection and Compliance Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Division’s portfolio includes cultural and biological resources, pollution prevention, waste management and project planning, National Environmental Policy Act compliance, the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, air and water quality, the Environmental Management System, environmental health physics, and Integrated Project Review, and many other diverse programs. Dr. Payne received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma, specializing in southwestern archaeology, an MA in Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a BA in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Fredonia. She has almost 20 years of experience at Los Alamos National Laboratory, beginning as a Graduate Research Assistant in 2000. Throughout her career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, she has focused on environmental compliance. For the past 14 years, her primary focus has been on implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) are both process-based requirements. This means that they can be open to interpretation and must follow a process to show that programs and projects have done their due diligence to consider potential impacts to the environment and the public. Archaeologists and cultural resource managers who work to support government agencies often prepare NEPA documents, cultural resources reports, development of mitigation actions, and implementation of mitigations. This seminar will provide an overview of NEPA, its requirements, and the intersection between it and the NHPA.
- Develop a more robust understanding of the National Environmental Policy Act;
- Develop an understanding of the relationship between the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act; and
- Identify potential impacts from a proposed project.