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The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process is not unaffected by PFAS. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency issued guidance to states on how to include PFAS in permits. This presentation will provide attendees with a working knowledge of the types of permits, the permitting process, effluent limitation guidelines, and how recent interim guidance and regulatory actions impact stormwater and wastewater NPDES permitting. Presenters Nancy Koch, …

Risk management is a key aspect of all design and construction projects that ultimately makes or breaks an otherwise successful project. Often times, risk management is approached in an objective manner of identifying specific risks and actions to mitigate those risks in a risk register. But successful risk management must go beyond identifying risks to properly handling and addressing those risks. How identified risks are handled and addressed often times requires skilled leadership. This w …

Join the Resilience Community of Interest (COI) for a webinar on the military response to sea level rise (SLR), in which senior defense officials will share their roles and responsibilities and discuss what each of the services are doing in response to SLR impacts. Attendees will gain an increased understanding of the work the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard is doing to address SLR and resilience concerns while implementing the National Defense Strategy with direction from the National D …

This webinar will provide an overview of the recently released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine paper on Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities. We will provide an overview of the report and discuss the background context and significance of the report in preparation for a more in-depth discussion prior to the Innovating Government Risk Decisions track as part of the FAM Forum at JETC. Presenters Jack Dempsey, Co-Founder, Asset Management Partnership LLC Lisa …

(Washington, DC, April 3, 2023)— The Energy Management Association is teaming up with NFRC to host a free AIA-approved webinar where the speaker will outline the impact of energy efficient fenestration in commercial buildings, the opportunities for new construction and full fenestration retrofits, and how you can make fenestration part of an overall energy efficiency plan that meets code requirements. Learning Objectives Attendees will learn about the importance of product certificatio …

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is the largest and most ambitious bi-national border infrastructure project. The project footprint is in an area of mixed-use land adjoining the Detroit River and consists of residential, commercial, industrial, and vacant properties. Some of the properties have been in use and redeveloped for over 130 years, resulting in transitional property uses with heavy and varied soil and groundwater contamination. This collaborative presentation between the owner, co …

PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that have been found in soil and water at contaminated sites and can pose a risk to human health and the environment. During this webinar, we will discuss the ways in which PFAS can move through the environment, including complex pathways involving soil, groundwater, and surface water transport. The use of numerical modeling tools to understand and predict PFAS mobility will be covered, including the current state of research and exciting recent developmen …

Contaminated site cleanup remedies (especially long-term) should be designed, implemented, and monitored to withstand the impacts of climate change throughout the project lifecycle. Extreme weather events, flooding, and sea level rise may result in the release of contaminants to the environment or potential mobilization of contaminants through rising groundwater. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense are incorporating climate change and resiliency into several of their …

PERFECT Evaluations: The Art of Giving Feedback will provide participants with a better understanding of how to deliver feedback that encourages and motivates as well as strategies to conduct evaluations that drive results and improve overall performance. Whatever your current position in your career, these strategies are universal and applicable to relationships within outside of the workplace. Presenters Kim Story, Regional Sales Consultant, Nancy Larson Publishers Elena Soto, Proje …