Florida Chamber's 24th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School
July 21-23, 2010
Marco Island Marriott Resort

Stop by Booth #58 to meet ESI Environmental Leaders Brent Handley, Scott Sager, Mary Lindgren and Rachael Sulkers.

The annual environmental permitting summer school in Marco Island, Florida provides top notch environmental education to engineers, attorneys, consultants, state and local officials, environmental managers, developers and others with a professional interest in environmental permitting. Over the three-day period (July 21-23, 2010) the course will attract approximately 800 environmental professionals.          


STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERMITTING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Practical and informative course designed to address environmental and growth management for land development projects, including strategies for processing and obtaining environmental permits from regulatory agencies, determinations of when to obtain the required permits and in what order, and the level of specificity and procedural requirements  of each agency; also covers tracking and managing agency activities for compliance with permit conditions, gaining the respect of regulatory agencies, and avoiding costly enforcement litigation; audience participation encouraged. Instructors: Kim Woodbury, Dennis Mele, Dan Greiner, ESI Vice President and Director of Archaeology Brent Handley, MA, RPA

CARBON AND RENEWABLE MARKETS: OPPORTUNITIES TO CHALLENGES
The rapid development of the carbon credit and renewable energy markets has created many opportunities and challenges for businesses and entrepreneurs. Though the markets are currently driven by voluntary standards, mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions and required energy production from renewables are anticipated through federal and state regulation within the next few years. This discussion will address current voluntary carbon and renewable markets, industry standards, anticipated regulations, their potential effects on business and commerce, and opportunities for generating revenue and offsetting risks; audience participation encouraged.
Instructors: Neil McAliley, ESI Senior Forester Scott Sager, Dylan Larson

PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MITIGATION BANKING
Updated course based on the latest mitigation regulations! Interactive format provides pragmatic review of regulatory, technical, economic, legal, and social influences that guide the selection and development of mitigation options. Includes considerations of planning and design; identification and evaluation of mitigation options; discussion of mitigation design pitfalls; hydrologic design criteria; integration of function, maintenance, and aesthetics; water quality enhancement factoring; wildlife utilization planning; permitting and legal considerations of on-site and off-site mitigation and mitigation bank usage and development.
Instructors: J.B. Frost, Beverly Birkitt, Andy Dodd, and ESI Ecology Division Manager Mary Lindgren.

EMERGING ISSUES IN ENDANGERED AND THREATENED  SPECIES MANAGEMENT
Endangered and threatened species law review and case law update; emerging state and federal policies; recent and pending listings and recovery plan actions including the gopher tortoise, bald eagle, East Indian Manatee and other species; proposed changes regarding FFWCC species listing rules; state, federal, and private sector perspectives; update on legal petitions and challenges; extremely informative course designed for extensive audience participation.

PART I - Endangered and threatened species overview and update
PART II - Emerging issues including FFWCC revised species listing process, federal delisting of the bald eagle, and recent FWCC changes relating to gopher tortoise permitting and mitigation.

Instructors: Steve Godley, Doug Rillstone, Deborah Burr*,Tom Logan, Jena Mier, ESI Scientist Rachael Sulkers, Eric Schneider, Noah Silverman

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

5th Annual Georgia Environmental Conference
August 25-27, 2010
Hyatt Regency, Savannah, GA
Stop by ESI's Booth #46

Stream & Mitigation Banking - What have I gotten into?
Course Description: This session is designed to provide an overall look into how stream and wetland mitigation banks work including; identification of different mitigation options; planning and designing of the banks; permitting and legal issues of on-site versus off-site mitigation; hydrologic design criteria; maintenance of the banks; water quality; wildlife planning and how the new regulatory program will affect these banks. Additionally, this discussion is aimed at clarifying short, medium, and long term obligations associated with mitigation banking and will address potential options that may be available to bankers once the project has been completed. Different case studies will be used to demonstrate these features.

Offered: 8/27 | Session VII | 9:35am - 11:00am

Moderator: Rhodes Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Services, Inc.

Speakers: ESI VP and Division Director of Stream Restoration Steve Jones and ESI VP and  Division Manager of Ecology Michael DeMell.

9th Annual Wetlands & Water Law in the SE: Looking Forward
February 18 & 19, 2010
Atlanta, GA

Water issues and wetlands management issues are in the forefront of environmental and developmental concerns in Georgia and the rest of the Southeast. Water shortages and tri-state litigation have grasped Georgia and surrounding states, making traditionally plentiful water a major concern for the future. The status of national policy for the protection of waters and wetlands remains unsettled.

ESI CEO and Founder Rhodes Robinson, CEP, PWS is the Program Co-Chair.

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