Kleinfelder Presents at Florida Environmental Permitting Summer School
Kleinfelder is proud to participate in Florida Environmental Network’s 35th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School!
The conference is held at JW Marriott Marco Island in Marco Island, FL from Tuesday, July 20 through Friday, July 23, 2021. Participants choose a personalized curriculum by selecting 10 out of over 70 offered courses and can earn continuing education credits.
Kleinfelder Program Manager Ed Murawski will be presenting on panels for two courses on Wednesday, July 21 and Thursday, July 22, and Kleinfelder Ecologist Cole Fredricks will present on a panel for one course on Thursday, July 22. More information about their presentations can be found below.
Florida Environmental Network is part of the Florida Chamber Foundation’s ongoing effort to keep its members and other business organizations informed of the numerous environmental and growth management laws, regulations, and issues affecting Florida citizens and businesses, and this summer’s event is the largest environmental conference in the state.
Kleinfelder Speakers
Program Manager Ed Murawski
Emerging Extraction Industry Challenges and Opportunities
Thursday, July 22, 1:30-3:10 (Ed Murawski)
This panel will present the hot-button permitting, policy, and planning issues facing regulators, local governments, property owners, operators, and the public as related to mining operations and post-mining development. This course is particularly relevant for developers and large tract landowners or agricultural operators contemplating diversifying their portfolio, as well as policymakers, government officials, and oil and mining operators.
Wetland Jurisdiction Methodology: A State and Federal Update
Wednesday, July 21, 8:30-10:10 and Thursday, July 22, 10:30-12:10 (Ed Murawski)
This course will analyze state and COE wetland jurisdictions; application of vegetation, soils, and hydrologic indicators in determining presence of wetlands using state and COE methodologies; altered and non-altered sites; practical application, and dispute resolution. Examples and case studies will be discussed. The panel will also cover the latest updates on wetlands law and regulation at the federal level, and what they could mean for development in Florida.
Ecologist Cole Fredricks
Successful Applications of Imperiled Species Management Practices
Thursday, July 22, 1:30-3:10 (Cole Fredricks)
This course will discuss how current wildlife and habitat planning programs being implemented by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and other regulatory agencies and conservation organizations have the potential to profoundly affect the ways we conserve listed species and the habitats upon which they depend, as well as the responsibilities of regulators, land managers, and consultants. The panel will review these evolving policies by detailing key species issues and providing examples of successful project applications.
