Program: Environment – 2019 Transportation Short Course

Sessions: Previous Session – Construction I | Next Session – Hydraulics

Tuesday, October 15
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room: Rudder Forum

Program and Session Co-Chairs:
Bryan Ellis, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
Jolanda Prozzi, TTI

	Moderator: Carlos Swonke, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.	Online Engagement — Maximizing Public Participation Susan Howard, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT (Howard presentation slides, 3.2MB \| Howard presentation video)
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Recent Changes to ENV’s Public Involvement Requirements Patrick Lee, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Lee presentation slides, 847KB \| Lee presentation video)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.	New 2019 Noise Policy Ray Umscheid, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT Meredith Worthen, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Umscheid and Worthen presentation slides, 2.6MB \| Umscheid and Worthen presentation video)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.	Impacts of Texas Roadways on Monarch Butterflies James Tracy, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology (Tracy presentation video)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Integrating Wildlife Crossings into TxDOT’s Planning and Design Process Stirling Robertson, Ph.D., Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT John Young, Ph.D., Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT Jett McFalls, TTI (Robertson and Young presentation slides, 6.7MB \| Robertson and Young presentation video)
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Managing Environmental Compliance during Construction and at TxDOT Facilities Tracey Janus, P.G., Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT David Nuckels, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT (Janus and Nuckels presentation slides, 4.4MB \| Janus and Nuckels presentation video)