Program Details
2025-03-06 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-03-06 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ESTThis session traces NEPA’s evolution from its 1970 enactment through the landmark 1978 CEQ regulations, the 2020 Trump-era reforms, and the 2024 Phase Two amendments. Participants will examine how recent judicial decisions like Marin Audubon and Iowa v. CEQ have fundamentally questioned CEQ’s rulemaking authority.
Jason A. HillRafe Petersen 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session analyzes Executive Order 14154 and the February 2025 interim final rule proposing to rescind all CEQ NEPA regulations. Attendees will explore the accompanying guidance memorandum directing agencies to promulgate their own NEPA regulations within 12 months, with emphasis on the 2020 amendments as preferred guidance.
Jason A. HillRafe Petersen 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTA brief intermission allowing participants to refresh before the final substantive session. Use this time to reflect on the regulatory changes discussed and prepare questions for the implications discussion.
Jason A. HillRafe Petersen 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis comprehensive session examines the practical challenges facing agencies, project proponents, and practitioners navigating the current regulatory uncertainty. Discussion includes pending Supreme Court cases like Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, the elimination of environmental justice and cumulative effects analysis, and strategies for managing projects across conflicting interpretive frameworks.
Jason A. HillRafe PetersenJason Hill is an attorney in Holland & Knight’s Houston office and a member of the Public Policy & Regulation Group, counseling clients through complex natural resource litigation, compliance, and regulatory issues under federal natural resource and energy statutes. With more than 25 years of experience, he provides strategic solutions to business and operational challenges arising from intricate natural resource laws.
Rafe Petersen is a partner focusing on litigation and counseling in administrative, environmental and federal fair housing laws. His environmental practice includes environmental compliance, enforcement and litigation, with an emphasis on water and natural resource issues under NEPA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other environmental statutes.
Jason Hill is an attorney in Holland & Knight’s Houston office and a member of the Public Policy & Regulation Group, counseling clients through complex natural resource litigation, compliance, and regulatory issues under federal natural resource and energy statutes. With more than 25 years of experience, he provides strategic solutions to business and operational challenges arising from intricate natural resource laws.
Rafe Petersen is a partner focusing on litigation and counseling in administrative, environmental and federal fair housing laws. His environmental practice includes environmental compliance, enforcement and litigation, with an emphasis on water and natural resource issues under NEPA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other environmental statutes.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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