Join the Central Chapter of AEP for an insightful and practical webinar designed for anyone tasked with reviewing air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) technical reports for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance and anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of these technical reports. This session will provide essential guidance and best practices for non-specialists ensuring a thorough and accurate review process.

Key Topics Covered:

• Understanding the Basics: An overview of air quality and GHG principles, including common pollutants, sources of emissions, and regulatory frameworks.
• CEQA Requirements: Detailed exploration of CEQA guidelines related to air quality and GHG impacts, including key thresholds and significance criteria.
• Report Components: Breakdown of typical components of air quality and GHG technical reports, helping you identify and understand critical sections.
• Common Pitfalls: Identifying and addressing frequent issues and errors found in technical reports.
• Practical Review Tips: Step-by-step guidance on how to effectively review technical reports, with a focus on ensuring compliance and identifying areas that may require further analysis or clarification.
• Case Studies: Real-world examples and case studies to illustrate effective review practices and common challenges.

Who Should Attend:

• Local agency planning staff members
• CEQA coordinators
• Environmental planners
• Anyone involved in the review process of air quality and GHG technical reports

Why Attend:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools needed to confidently review air quality and GHG technical reports, ensuring thorough and compliant CEQA evaluations. Enhance your skill set, improve your agency's review processes, and contribute to better environmental outcomes in your community.

 Presenters:

Brian Grattidge, Senior Project Manager, Dudek - Brian Grattidge is an environmental land use planner with over 25 years of experience. As a consultant, Mr. Grattidge has worked extensively in the areas of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) compliance. His project experience includes a wide range of residential, commercial, industrial, mining, educational facilities, and infrastructure projects. He has assisted clients with airport compatibility planning, development review, environmental permitting, specialized planning studies, and project management. Mr. Grattidge managed the preparation of the 2011 California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook for the California Department of Transportation. Prior to his consulting work, Mr. Grattidge was a member of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, where he prepared the 2003 update of the General Plan Guidelines, assisted with the 2003 CEQA Guideline Amendments, contributed to the 2003 draft Environmental Goals and Policy Report, provided CEQA support and technical training, and coordinated state review of environmental documents. Prior to his appointment to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Mr. Grattidge was a planner at the City of Woodland, California. Mr. Grattidge is currently an instructor for the UC San Diego Extended Learning CEQA program, and has been a presenter and lecturer at UC Davis Extension, UC Berkeley Extension, the American Planning Association California Conference, California Association of Environmental Professionals Conference, and the League of California Cities Planners Institute. Mr. Grattidge is a graduate of the University of California at Davis (B.A. 1989, M.A. 1992).

Sarah Halterman, Air Resources Specialist III, Dudek - Sarah Halterman is an air quality and climate change specialist at Dudek with over 10 years’ experience. Ms. Halterman specializes in the preparation of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and health risk analyses subject to CEQA and NEPA compliance, as well as climate action and adaptation planning. Ms. Halterman also prepares carbon storage and sequestration assessments through cross disciplinary collaboration with Dudek’s forestry, biology, and GIS teams. Sarah also serves as the Secretary for the California Association of Environmental Professionals Climate Change Committee.

Matthew Morales, Senior Air Resources Specialist, Dudek - Matthew Morales is an air quality specialist with 18 years’ experience preparing technical analyses for numerous planning and environmental projects related to development, natural resource management, and facility expansion. Mr. Morales is trained in air quality, including toxic air contaminants (TACs) and greenhouse gas (GHG), and he is adept at applying air quality models, such as the California Emissions Estimator Model, Caline4, AERSCREEN, AERMOD, and HARP 2, to perform quantitative analyses for National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental documents, such as environmental impact reports (EIRs), initial studies (ISs), and mitigated negative declarations (MNDs).

Danielle K. Morone, Partner, Gatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP - Danielle Morone is a partner at Gatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP. She represents lead agencies and project applicants on CEQA and NEPA compliance for a variety of project types, including residential and non-residential, university campus and airport development. As part of this practice, Danielle works with environmental consultants from multiple disciplines but devotes a measurable portion of her practice to air quality regulation and greenhouse gas emission reduction analyses. In this respect, she has considerable expertise in the preparation of emissions inventories for criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gases, health effect evaluations for criteria air pollutant and toxic air contaminants, and plan-level consistency studies concerning the intersection of air quality, greenhouse gas, land use and transportation.

 Elena Nuno, Senior Air Resources Specialist, Dudek – Elena is an air resources specialist with 20 years of experience in environmental consulting and project management. She provides analysis and documentation for CEQA and NEPA compliance

and project management support for a variety of public and private projects. Her technical specialty is preparing thorough and legally defensible air quality and GHG impact assessments using air quality models, such as the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod), Caline-4, AERMOD, and MOVES3, that accurately characterize a project’s impacts and provide applicable strategies or mitigation measures to reduce potential impacts. Elena has been involved as an AEP Central Chapter Board member since 2007 and is currently serving as the Chapter Director.

Jennifer Reed, Air Quality Services Manager, Dudek – Jennifer Reed is an air quality specialist/environmental planner with 16 years of experience. She leads Dudek’s air quality services team and has been responsible for the management, analysis, and technical leadership of projects subject to compliance with CEQA and NEPA. Jennifer has completed numerous environmental documents in support of a diverse range of public and private developments. She specializes in air quality, GHG emissions, health risk assessment, and energy technical analyses, and continues to be on the forefront of evolving science, emissions modeling computer programs, regulatory framework, and case law. Jennifer also serves on the California Association of Environmental Professionals Climate Change Committee.