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Environmental Permitting
• USACE Permit/Action areas, including various district interpretations of these areas as well as General Condition 18 (Threatened and Endangered Species) and 20 (SHPO Section 106) triggers
• Case Studies - Permitting Projects on Federal Land & Border Crossings (Presidential Permits) Federal Lands - MOUs & BLM
• Tribal Outreach & Coordination - Choctaw
• EPA Questions that Arise During Scoping of NEPA Document
Construction
• EI Guidance, strategies for a successful project when 3rd party is involved
• Usage of Drones for Pre/Post Construction Monitoring (Magnetometer)
• Dark Skies - Light Pollution/Noise Impacts
• Threatened & Endangered Species Permitting
Air Quality Permitting & Compliance
• GHG Tracking and Emissions Inventory Reporting - What Direction is it Going?
• Carbon Credits and emission market (Carbon Neutrality)
• Air Regulation Update: Inflation Reduction Act, GHG Update, OOOOb/c update, Good Neighbor Rules, Legal updates – Supreme Court on West Virginia Ruling
Field Operations
• Natural Gas 101 for Field Operations
• Valve Maintenance
• TWD: Tapping and Stopping
• Mueller: Tapping and Stopping
• Cross Bore: New Technologies and Remediation
• Incident Preparation and Emergency Response
• Locating: Tips and Tricks
• Inside Leak Detection
• Outside Leak Detection
• Introduction to Cathodic Protection and Corrosion
• Hydraulic Modeling and Roundtable Discussion
Engineering & Construction
• Right of Way
• Renewable Natural Gas: Adding and Blending
• Tracking and Traceability
• Distribution System Design
• Station Design
• Inspecting Pipeline Installations
• Horizontal Directional Drilling
• Pipeline Supply Strategies
• Traffic Control Tactics
• De-escalation Techniques
• Sloping and Shoring Up
Leadership & Innovation
• SGA Accredited: Natural Gas Champions
• Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce
• Safety Panel and Roundtable Discussion
• Damage Prevention and Stakeholder Relations
• Renewables and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
• Advanced Pipeline Leak Survey Technologies
• Communicating Decarbonization from Corporate to the Field
• AI Powered Defect Detection and Quality Assurance
• Four Solutions to Drive Employee Performance
• Natural Disasters and Weather Events
• From Peer to Leader