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kjmaines NEPA Working group chair 1 Jan 25 2010, 11:50 AM EST by j.krewson@mac.com
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Hi! I accidentally deleted the email from Lucy, but is the group still looking for a chair? I'd be happy to help!
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pwhavens NEPA Program Manager – Atlanta, Georgia 0 Dec 1 2009, 11:19 AM EST by pwhavens
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To submit letters of interest or for additional detail, please send email to Ron Deverman at rdeverman@hntb.com.

HNTB Corporation is currently seeking candidates for a NEPA Program Manager opportunity to assist in growing the Environmental Planning practice in our Atlanta, Georgia office.
Duties:
- Responsible for the profitable operation of multiple projects or mega project's. - Develop and nurture key client relationships and is the primary company contact on the project. - Have full managerial responsibility for all aspects of the project including negotiating extras, cost control, staffing, quality control and cash management. - Estimate fees, determines scope of work, and prepares proposals and contracts on large or multiple projects. - Actively manage client’s budget, schedule and program; HNTB budget and schedule; project communications and ability to shepherd and oversee the simultaneous development of multiple complex projects through the NEPA process. - Satisfies client requirements.
- Coordinate work efforts and reviews work performed. - Responsible for managing and delivering quality mega projects on-time, within budget and to the satisfaction of the client. - Identify and markets additional business opportunities with key clients.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Planning or relevant degree, with 15+ years related experience. - Certified Environmental Planner
- Fluent in the NEPA process, including EIS experience - Experience in Managed Land and/or Tolling Projects preferred. - Capable of negotiating and strategizing the movement of large, complex highway and bridge projects through the NEPA process.
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pwhavens Wetpaint changes "private" site rules - we may need to change 0 Oct 15 2009, 11:02 AM EDT by pwhavens
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Wetpaint, the owner of this site, has changed the way private sites operate. In the future, private sites will likely have even more reduced functionality. The reasons behind this change are controversial with an interesting conversation taking place on the Wetpaint Central site (http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread/3303758/Invites+and+Private+Sites+-+not+working?offset=0&maxResults=20). The work around involves additional effort for the moderator(s). Here are exceprts from the Wetpain notice:

"Sep 22 2009, 5:44 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 22 2009, 6:08 PM EDT

... it is unlikely that support for invitations on private sites will be returned. It's looking like the option to send invites from private sites will be completely removed in the near future. There are a few reasons for this:

First, there have been ongoing problems with users being able to successfully join sites using an invitation that was sent to them. .... The old system required a lot of functionality to pass roles and permissions through with them... Now invitations are basically just links back to the site. This allowed us to re-build the login system in the simplest way possible."

... We recognize that this was at the expense of convenience for private site users, and we’re bummed about that, but it has a broader benefit for users of our network of sites."

... supporting private site features vastly increases the workload when it comes to QA testing new features that are in development."

... private sites are extremely difficult to monetize because advertisers don't want to waste their money on sites when they can't tell what kind of content or activity is on them. Granted, this does not apply to ad-free sites, but those are only a tiny percentage of sites on the Wetpaint network."

Looks like we might consider a change, eh?
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Adobe Portable Document Format NAEP NEPA Working Group Members 27 Oct 09.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 48k)
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27 Oct 09 WG Member List
Adobe Portable Document Format Concerns_and_Solutions_August_17%5B1%5D.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 116k)
posted by pwhavens   Sep 5 2009, 12:49 PM EDT
State of Louisiana statement on USACE processes under WRDA
Adobe Portable Document Format Toward a smarter NEPA.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 1,581k)
posted by karenvit   Apr 9 2009, 3:19 PM EDT
This paper was praised by NEPA experts at the NEPA at 40 conference, March 2009
Adobe Portable Document Format E&E Daily Story on CEQ Sutley Remarks to Congress.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 17k)
posted by rgilmour   Mar 20 2009, 1:29 PM EDT
CEQ Chair Remarks on NEPA to House Appropriations Subcommittee on March 19, 2009
Word Document Derek Hoye DOI study-NEPA Value Added Paper.doc (Word Document - 90k)
posted by karenvit   Jan 9 2009, 12:59 PM EST
This study by a DOI intern looked at how projects implemented DOI's NEPA comments
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