CEC Explains

Steve Casey and Matt Gramza, two of CEC’s water resource experts, discuss FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), some of the technical aspects of flood insurance studies, and the implications of local floodplain requirements. Listen to hear how floodplains are calculated and how they affect you.

For more information, you can visit: https://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance, https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210401/fema-updates-its-flood-insurance-rating-methodology-deliver-more-equitableand National Flood Insurance Program Now Factors in Climate Change - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com

In recent years, organizations around the world have embraced Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) as a management and disclosure strategy. In this segment, we discuss ESG with Kris Macoskey, Vice President. Mr. Macoskey will help us understand what ESG is, how organizations are using it, and how to get started.

Mistakes happen. Listen as Greg Seifert, Adam Conti and Adam Mehevec of CEC Austin discuss issues that landfills and generators face when they either send or receive unauthorized wastes. They also present common sense strategies for dealing with the unauthorized waste and regulatory concerns.

Revisions to ASTM’s E1527 Standard Practice for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments are anticipated to be released late 2021. AJ McDade sat down with CEC’s Andy McCorkle to discuss some of the changes that can be expected and how they may impact Phase I reports.

CEC's Lauren Parker and Jim Cooper sit down to discuss the New Owner Audits program through the Environmental Protection Agency. Listen to how it can benefit new owners of upstream oil and gas operations.

Zebra mussels are not new to the U.S., but they have been featured in the national news as of late for a new reason. They are one of the most invasive and destructive species in North America. Recently a new way of introducing them into even more of our lakes and rivers has been identified. And you could unknowingly be contributing to their spread. AJ McDade chatted with CEC’s Cameron Lange, a nationally recognized nonindigenous, aquatic nuisance species expert, to learn a bit more.

Are you aware and ready for the changes coming to the new Ohio Small MS4 Stormwater General Permit? Tim Murphy, CEC’s National Public Sector Lead, and John Mathews, Manager of the Stormwater Program at the Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, discuss the significant changes in the new permit.

Join us as we explore some of the basic questions that project proponents often ask concerning Incidental Take Permits, their value, some of the challenges of obtaining them, and what the USFWS is doing to make the process easier. Listen as Trish Adams, National Habitat Conservation Planning Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Leo Lentsch, Senior Principal with Civil & Environmental Consultants dive into this process.

When you buy a used car, you always look under the hood and you “kick the tires”.  If you buy an old fixer upper at a great price, you’ll tend to tolerate more issues or defects than you might if you bought a performance vehicle at market price. The same holds true for acquiring real estate, but in order to assess the value of the real estate, and confirm it’s in the condition that the seller represents it to be, you need to do some investigation. Listen to Tony Rosenberger, President and Chief Operating Officer of Chapman Properties as he and Mary Guinee, Strategic Development Officer with Civil & Environmental Consultants explain this process.

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) is proud to introduce its new podcast series, CEC Explains. CEC Explains takes you on a guided journey into the ever-changing world of engineering and environmental consulting. You’ll hear from CEC’s leading experts and advocates for the manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, power, public sector, real estate and solid waste industries. Every episode will break down the facts behind a new or trending topic.