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Course Descriptions
ENVIRONMENTAL
International Right of Way Association
Course Title: Environmental Awareness
Course Number: 600
Sponsoring Organization: International Right of Way Association
Course Description:This course introduces the environmental process,
and issues and problems facing companies and agencies acquiring or managing
real property and rights-of-way. Students will become familiar with documents
and reports used in environmental analysis under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). They also will gain increased awareness of environmental
laws and regulations and of the agencies that prepare Environmental Impact
Statements and Assessments. Topics include basic principles of ecology;
history of the environmental movement in the United States; NEPA; other
Federal, State, and local legislation; the right-of-way professional's
role in the environmental process; and mitigation of environmental impacts.
(Recertification credit: 8 hours)
Target Audience:Companies and agencies acquiring or managing real property
and rights-of-way
Attendance Restrictions: None
Course Length:1 day
Course Fee: Member-$205
Nonmember-$265
Contact Information: Connie Sanchez
Senior Course Coordinator
IRWA Headquarters
Pacifica Harbor Business Center #220
Torrance, CA 90502-1144
Phone: (310) 538-0233
Fax: (310) 538-1471
E-mail: sanchez@irwaonline.org
education@irwaonline.org
Website: www.irwaonline.org
Keywords:Environment Course Title: Project Development
and the Environmental Process
Course Number: 602
Sponsoring Organization: International Right of Way Association
Course Description: This course provides a complete overview of how large-scale
projects are planned, designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance
with environmental laws and regulations. All professionals involved in
project development will find this course useful in understanding how
environmental requirements affect their job responsibilities. Students
will understand how their positions fit overall into the project development
process; recognize important environmental regulations and how they influence
project design, construction, and maintenance; and identify approaches
to mitigate adverse impacts.
Topics include:
The content of this course includes:
- Environmental regulations (identification of project impacts, overview
of current environmental regulations, environmental audits, and synopsis
of the National Environmental Policy Act process);
- Project development process (planning phase, location/environmental
phase, design phase, right-of-way acquisition phase, construction phase,
and maintenance operations phase;
- Environmental impact statements, including "Hands-On" Workshops.
(Recertification credit: 16 hours)
Target Audience:All professionals involved in project development
Attendance Restrictions: None
Course Length: 2 days
Course Fee: Member-$300
Nonmember-$390
Contact Information: Connie Sanchez
Senior Course Coordinator
IRWA Headquarters
Pacifica Harbor Business Center #220
Torrance, CA 90502-1144
Phone: (310) 538-0233
Fax: (310) 538-1471
E-mail: sanchez@irwaonline.org
education@irwaonline.org
Website: www.irwaonline.org
Keywords:Environment Course Title: Understanding Environmental
Contamination in Real Estate
Course Number: 603
Sponsoring Organization: International Right of Way Association
Course Description:This course focuses on causes, effects, and remedies
of environmental contamination. Students are introduced to potential problems
that occur as a result of acquiring contaminated properties, and they
will become better able to evaluate, manage, and minimize risks and liabilities.
Topics include behavior of contaminants in the environment; environmental
liabilities; environmental auditing processes; underground storage tank
removal; and contamination assessment, cleanups, and closures. (Recertification
credit: 8 hours)
Target Audience:Right-of-way professionals who may be faced with the
issue of contaminated properties
Attendance Restrictions: None
Course Length: 1 day
Course Fee: Member-$245
Nonmember-$315
Contact Information: Connie Sanchez
Senior Course Coordinator
IRWA Headquarters
Pacifica Harbor Business Center #220
Torrance, CA 90502-1144
Phone: (310) 538-0233
Fax: (310) 538-1471
E-mail: sanchez@irwaonline.org
education@irwaonline.org
Website: www.irwaonline.org
Keywords:Environment
National Highway Institute
Course Title: Documenting NEPA and Transportation Decision Making
Course Number: 142005
Sponsoring Organization: National Highway Institute
Course Description:This course covers the application of the FHWA/National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) project development and decision making
process, including the integration of social, environmental and economic
factors for achieving decisions that are in the best overall public interest.
The course examines the evolution of environmental policy by building
on a framework of laws, regulations, policies, and guidance such as the
NEPA, Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, agency implementing
regulations, and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act.
This course also covers initiatives such as the merger of environmental
and permitting requirements; public involvement; interagency coordination;
project streamlining and flexibility; corridor preservation; FHWA's mitigation
and enhancement policy; and the role of transportation in achieving sustainable
development.
Course objectives include:
- Solving transportation problems by applying an understanding of NEPA
and the transportation decision making process to address social, economic,
and environmental (SEE) concerns
- Fostering shared transportation decision making beginning in the
early project development phase (scoping) and continuing through completion
of a project
- Organizing well-designed, consistent, and analytical environmental
documents that help public officials make project decisions that are
based on understanding of transportation needs, potential solutions,
environmental consequences, and actions that can be taken to protect,
restore, and enhance the environment. (CEUs: 1.8)
Target Audience:FHWA, State DOT (including consultants acting on behalf
of the State), Federal and State environmental resource agencies, local
governments and MPOs who participate in the transportation decision-making
process. We strongly encourage a mix of planning and environmental staff
from these agencies.
Attendance Restrictions: Principles of Residential Real Estate Appraising-or
its equivalent.
Course Length:3 days
Course Fee: $345
Contact Information: Lynn Cadarr
National Highway Institute
4600 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 235-0528
Fax: (703) 235-0593
E-mail: lynn.cadarr@fhwa.dot.gov
Website: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
Keywords:Environment Course Title: Fundamentals and
Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise
Course Number: 142007
Sponsoring Organization: National Highway Institute
Course Description:This course covers the requirements of 23 CFR Part
772, Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction
Noise, and the noise requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969. The course provides both technical and policy training.
Course objectives include:
- Performing existing noise measurements with a sound level meter
- Utilizing noise fundamentals to accomplish highway traffic noise
prediction
- Identifying highway traffic noise impacts
- Conducting analyses of noise abatement measures, including preliminary
noise barrier analyses
- Preparing all necessary documentation to fulfill FHWA noise requirements
- Communicating the results of highway traffic noise analyses in meetings,
correspondence, phone calls, and conversations. (CEUs: 2.1)
Target Audience:Federal, State, and local personnel responsible for the
analyses and abatement of highway traffic noise impacts.
Attendance Restrictions: None
Course Length:3 1/2 Days
Course Fee: $345
Contact Information: Lynn Cadarr
National Highway Institute
4600 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 235-0528
Fax: (703) 235-0593
E-mail: lynn.cadarr@fhwa.dot.gov
Website: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
Keywords:Environment Course Title: Historic, Cultural,
and Archeological Preservation
Course Number: 142011
Sponsoring Organization: National Highway Institute
Course Description:The course provides instruction on the application
of historic preservation procedures to locate and identify resources.
This includes information on how to determine the effect of proposed highways
on significant historic and archeological resources, and how to resolve
the effects.
Course objectives include:
- Describing the objectives of the historic and archeological legislation
for preservation of worthy sites
- Identifying potential historic, cultural and archeological problems
ahead of time through knowledge of what decisions must be made, when
they should be made, who must make them, and what the ingredients of
a sound decision are
- Describing the procedures and the coordination with tribes and other
government agencies which are required by legislation and regulations
for historic and archeological preservation; and minimizing historic,
cultural and archeological problems by integrating mitigation measures
into the planning and design of highway improvements in such a way as
to maximize the project's benefits and minimize the detrimental effects.
(CEUs: 1.8)
Target Audience: State highway, local transportation agency, and FHWA
personnel who coordinate or supervise environmental and preservation actions
with respect to Federally funded highway projects that affect historic,
cultural, archeological engineering and architectural resources.
Attendance Restrictions: A working knowledge of Federal regulations concerning
historic and archeological preservation is beneficial.
Course Length: 3 Days
Course Fee: $345
Contact Information: Lynn Cadarr
National Highway Institute
4600 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 235-0528
Fax: (703) 235-0593
E-mail: lynn.cadarr@fhwa.dot.gov
Website: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
Keywords:Environment Course Title: Public Involvement
in NEPA and the Transportation Decision-Making Process
Course Number: 142036
Sponsoring Organization: National Highway Institute
Course Description:This workshop provides information on and practical
application of required and public involvement processes and techniques.
With the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as a backdrop - in addition
to related laws, regulations and policies - classroom exercises provide
participants opportunities to design public education, public involvement,
advisory and joint planning activities. In addition, there is a focus
on interagency coordination and decision-making forums, as well as implementation
and evaluation plans. The tools used include consensus building, conflict
resolution, problem solving and process improvement, among others. (1.8
CEUs)
Course objectives include:
- Identifying key points where public involvement is required by law,
regulation or policy, as well as other opportunities to solicit and
incorporate public input
- Selecting appropriate strategies or techniques for interagency and
community participation
- Creating a public involvement plan for a model project and applying
some of the involvement techniques in a laboratory setting.
Target Audience: Project development and design staff that will participate
in any phase of the public involvement process.
Attendance Restrictions: None
Course Length:3 Days
Course Fee: $345
Contact Information: Lynn Cadarr
National Highway Institute
4600 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 235-0528
Fax: (703) 235-0593
E-mail: lynn.cadarr@fhwa.dot.gov
Website: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
Keywords: Environment
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