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Brown Bag Schedule and Downloads
This web page contains the Environmental
Planning Group's Brown Bag schedule for 2008 and presentations
for download from previous Brown Bags.
The Brown Bag is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Brown Bag
venue is open at 11:00 a.m. if you desire to arrive early. You
may bring your own lunch. The venue is subject to change; please
check this web page the week of the Brown Bag for any changes
in the venue. For directions to the Brown Bag, please click
the venue link.
2008 Brown Bag Schedule
| Date |
Topic |
Presenter(s) |
Venue* |
January 17
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Transportation Corridors and Pronghorn: What Do We Know
and What Can We Do About It
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Richard Ockenfels,
Research Program Supervisor, Arizona Game and Fish Department |
ADOT
Auditorium |
February 21
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Their Own Road: Archaeology and History
along State Route 260 - Payson to Heber |
Sarah Herr, Project Director of the SR 260
- Payson to Heber Project, Desert Archaeology |
ADOT
Auditorium |
March 20
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Bats in Arizona - Bridging
the Gap |
Nancy A. Renison, Biologist, Arizona Game
and Fish Department
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ADOT
Auditorium |
| April 17 |
--Not Scheduled-- |
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May 15
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Preservation Planning and Arizona's Historic
Bridges: The Arizona Historic Bridge Inventory |
Kae Neustadt, ADOT
Environmental Planning Group |
ADOT
Auditorium |
June 19
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High-Definition Photo-Logging
with a Portable System / Feature Inventory Straight off
the ADOT Photo Log |
Joe Breyer, Works Consulting |
ADOT
Auditorium |
| July 17 |
--Topic to Be Announced-- |
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August 21
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How to Receive Environmental Clearances
Faster |
Darlene Dyer and Karen Whitlock, Environmental Planning
Group |
HRDC (Was
moved from the ADOT Auditorium) |
September 18
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Introduction to Archaeological
Resources Protection Act |
Garry Cantley, Regional Archaeologist, Bureau of Indian
Affairs |
ADOT
Auditorium |
| October 16 |
--Not Scheduled-- |
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November 20
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--Topic to Be Announced-- |
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| December 18 |
--Topic to Be Announced-- |
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* Venue subject to change, please check
this web page the week of the Brown Bag.
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Brown Bag Downloads
How to Receive Environmental Clearances Faster
 How
to Receive Environmental Clearances Faster
This presentation provides information on facilitating the environmental
process for proposed roadway improvement projects.
Preservation Planning and ADOT's Historic Bridges
Preservation
Planning and ADOT's Historic Bridges
This presentation provides an overview of the Arizona Historic Bridge
Inventory of 1987 and its contribution to historic preservation.
Bats in Arizona
Bats
- Bridging the Gap (file size: 1.4MB)
This provides an overview of bats in Arizona and their habitats,
including bridges, tunnels, and culverts.
Purpose and Need for NEPA Documents
Purpose
and Need Brown Bag Presentation Outline (file size: 29KB)
This outline covers how the purpose and need relates to
the overall NEPA process.
Developing
the Purpose and Need for NEPA Document - Part 1 (file size:
734KB)
Developing
the Purpose and Need for NEPA Document - Part 2 (file size:
718KB)
These two slide presentations outline the purpose and need
for NEPA documents, which include issues, project examples, court
challenges, and much more.
FHWA
Memorandum - Integration of Planning and NEPA Process (file
size: 5.1MB)
This memorandum describes how the transportation
planning process can be used in the NEPA analysis and documents.
FHWA
Memorandum - Interim Guidance on SAFETEA-LU Provisions that Affect
Planning, Environment, and Air Quality (file size:
2.0MB)
This memorandum covers planning, air quality, and environmental
requirements that are jointly administered by FHWA and
the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Air Quality
Air
Quality Project Process (file size: 501KB)
Describes the process involved when evaluating air quality impacts
from proposed ADOT highway projects.
Hazmat Materials
Hazardous
Materials: Property Disposals (file size: 373KB)
Describes the process involved when evaluating hazmat impacts
on disposal of ADOT right of way parcels.
ADOT Asbestos Documents
NESHAP
Notification Form (file size: 64KB)
Two-page notification form for Renovation and Demolition Activities.
Asbestos
NESHAP Notification Requirements Summary (file size:
12KB)
Information required to be included on the NESHAP Notification
Form.
Asbestos
Clearance Request Form (file size: 56KB)
Form is used to request asbestos clearance for asbestos surveys,
demolition, renovation, asbestos abatement, and repair and maintenance.
ADOT
Asbestos Management Policy (file size: 566KB)
ADOT policies and procedures for the identification, disturbance,
repair, maintenance, renovation and demolition of any building
or structure which may contain asbestos and that are owned, leased,
operated, controlled or supervised by ADOT.
ADOT
Asbestos Policy Update (file size: 71KB)
Clarification of NESHAP regarding certain concrete components,
such as box culverts and sidewalks.
Asbestos
Policy Regulations (file size: 7.73MB)
Federal code of federal regulations (CFRs) on Asbestos OSHA, OSHA
Respirators, EPA NESHAP, and EPA AHERA.
Cultural Resources
Environmental
Planning Group's Historic Preservation Team (file size:
333KB)
Describes the Historic Preservation Team (HPT) and their activities
and processes regarding historic preservation.
Contracts and Specifications Overview
Contracts
and Specifications Section Overview (file size: 226KB)
Describes the responsibilities and activities of ADOT's Contracts
and Specifications Section.
Valley Project Management Overview
Valley
Project Management (file size: 15.0MB)
Describes the responsibilities and activities of ADOT's Valley Project
Management. Includes ongoing and future corridor projects in the
Phoenix metro area.
Overview of Quiet Roads Pavement Pilot Program
Overview
of Quiet Roads Pavement (file size: 20.1MB)
Describes the ADOT Quiet Roads Pavement Pilot Program, including
background of the program and its effectiveness.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at ADOT
Geographic
Information Systems at ADOT (file size: 4.1MB)
Describes how the ADOT Transportation Planning Division provides
GIS services to ADOT.
Bureau of Indian Affairs - Western Region
Environmental
Compliance as it Relates to the BIA and Tribal Lands (file size:
154KB)
Covers the NEPA process within the BIA.
Noise Analysis
Roadway
Noise: From Analysis to Mitigation Recommendations (file size:
3.6MB)
Covers the various steps involved with noise impact studiesy and
mitigative solutions.
Documents are posted as they become available in PDF format,
which requires Adobe
Reader to view.
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