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What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Work With the Water Board Session Slide Deck

Regulatory oversight is a vital component of the cleanup to build up process for brownfields. Municipalities, nonprofits, property owners, buyers and builders choose to involve environmental agencies in order to protect the community throughout the enviro...

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The End of Chevron Deference Session Slide Deck

On June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court upended decades of precedent by overturning the Chevron doctrine in the combined cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce (Case Nos. 22-451 and 22-1219). ...

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Getting Everything You Need Session Slide Deck

Assessing a site’s environmental conditions for remediation AND redevelopment takes a different approach. Typically, consultants focus on health risk and threats to groundwater, and pay no attention to what happens when the contaminated soil has to be e...

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A Balancing Act Session Slide Deck

Infill properties that are well-suited for affordable housing redevelopment are frequently in urban areas with low level VOCs in soil vapor. The current Cal-EPA vapor intrusion (VI) policy has resulted in an increased number of properties requiring a VI e...

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Making Old Parks New Again Session Slide Deck

Parks are critical for our communities, but 100 million people (including 28 million kids) don’t have access to a park within a 10-minute walk of home. Cities struggle to maintain older parks, as property tax base grows thinner and needs escalate. Who�...

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West Sacramento 20 Years Later Session Slide Deck

For over 20 years, West Sacramento has been a prime example of actively preparing and implementing a Redevelopment Plan for various City Districts. The session will describe the City’s visioning, financing and funding, assessment, and revitalization pro...