TOPIC: CEQA BASICS AND PROCESS
Trying to get your project built? Worried about those pesky environmental laws?? Well, fear no more. Ms. Darcy Kremin will walk through the basics of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and by the end you will be able to have an intelligent conversation about it. In addition, she will explain where CEQA (See-Qah) can slow down your projects, and ways to make it work for you. You may not ever like the process, but at least you’ll understand it better.
DARCY KREMIN| Ms. Darcy Kremin is Michael Baker International’s Bay Area Environmental Practice Leader, based in Oakland and Walnut Creek. She has almost 20 years of planning and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experience. She has managed the environmental review process for large projects for public utilities, including water and energy transmission, and dozens of development projects for cities and counties. She also has experience with various public and charter school projects. She is well known for managing budgets on time and within budget.
Ms. Kremin received her MA in urban and environmental policy from Tufts University, and her BA in geography/environmental studies and political science from UCLA.