Montana Environmental Policy Act Training for State Employees Questions? Contact Hope Stockwell (444-9280), hstockwell@mt.gov or Joe Kolman (444-3747), jkolman@mt.gov in the Legislative Environmental Policy Office
Training Materials
No future MEPA training is scheduled at this time. However, please feel free to review our course materials on your own. Course slides Basics of MEPA , 2012
MEPA Cheat Sheets (for-office resource) MEPA process flowchart , updated
EA and EIS rules/statutes and substantive/procedural differences , updated
Regulatory impact analysis guidelines Actions excluded or exempt from MEPA review , updated
Cumulative effects: a 5-step checklist MEPA Mini Courses, 2010 1) Writing an EA, Presented by Rebecca Cooper (FWP) and Sonya Germann (DNRC)
Course slides Format recommendations for EAs Online resources for conducting an environmental analysis 2) MEPA vs. NEPA, Presented by Todd Everts (LSD), Mike O'Herron (DNRC), and Julia Riber (USFS)
Differences between MEPA and NEPA Writing a joint MEPA/NEPA document 3) MEPA Project Design and Management, Presented by Alice Stanley (DNRC), Sundi West (Military Affairs), and Terry Grotbo (Geomatrix)
Things that can go wrong and ways to avoid schedule busters Example project management plan MEPA legal memos What agency (FWP) actions are subject to MEPA? Todd Everts, July 2002
Is the Board of Environmental Review's mercury emissions rulemaking subject to MEPA ? Todd Everts, May 2006
Is the Department of Livestock's brucellosis surveillance order subject to MEPA ? Todd Everts, February 2010
Other MEPA Resources