2027 Technical Conference on Environmental Permitting & Construction

Event Details

Federal permitting programs are compressing timelines right now, and teams planning long-lead work are already accounting for the possibility that this reverses. Litigation exposure has widened since Seven Counties, methane and GHG reporting requirements remain in motion and the field conditions on your next project are as complicated as the last one.

The 2027 Technical Conference on Environmental Permitting & Construction brings the people managing that work together for three days in Nashville. Operators, environmental and permitting SMEs, construction and right-of-way leaders, air quality specialists, LNG project teams, consultants, attorneys and agency representatives spend it on what is changing and what is actually holding projects up.

You leave with a clearer read on where regulatory risk is increasing, approaches your peers have already tested and a short list of people to call when a similar issue lands on your desk. The 2027 program runs four tracks, including a new LNG track, alongside general sessions open to every attendee.

When Washington moves, your schedule moves with it

General sessions take on the forces reaching every project. Panelists examine what the federal permitting push has actually changed and how teams build durability into long-lead plans, compare FAST-41 projects against non-FAST-41 projects and work through the district-by-district variability of the Corps. A FERC briefing covers the repeal of Order 871 along with emerging variance trends across blanket authorizations, prior notices and Section 7 applications.

Permitting against a moving target

The Environmental Permitting track follows the decisions that determine whether a project holds its schedule. Sessions cover FERC’s proposed blanket certificate rulemaking for midstream and LNG, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species risk in a higher-litigation era, FERC projects on BLM land and what agencies will accept as minimum necessary mitigation for threatened and endangered species. The track also takes on two newer variables, working through how AI is changing routing and siting including where the models fall short, and what data center growth means for pipeline permitting.

Where the permit meets the field

The Construction track deals in what conditions look like once crews mobilize. It opens on why environmental compliance breaks down in the first 30 days and what a workable readiness process involves, then moves through turning permit commitments into executed compliance, vegetation establishment that holds the first time, environmental DNA as an alternative to trapping and electrofishing and shifting state expectations for bank stabilization and exposure repairs. Challenging Crossings returns for a second installment on superfund sites, direct pipe and other difficult scenarios.

The obligations that outlive the project

The Air Quality track covers the reporting and monitoring load that follows an asset for its life. Attendees get a working read on GHG reporting while the voluntary program sits under EPA reconsideration and Subpart W amendments are pending, plus agency and industry perspectives on OOOOb/c, flare compliance and the regulations now applying to meter and compressor stations. Sessions lean on early implementation experience, including where operators have already run into trouble.

LNG earns its own track this year

LNG development raises permitting, legal and construction questions that upland pipeline experience leaves unanswered. The new track covers lessons learned across recent projects, what international lenders working under the Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards expect beyond U.S. regulatory deliverables and the marine realities of dredging, offshore construction and pile driving.

The value that follows you home

Operator roundtables, project case studies and lessons-learned discussions put the conversation in the hands of the people doing the work, so you can pressure-test your own approach against peers solving the same problems on different projects. Several sessions include agency representatives, which is the closest most attendees get to hearing how their filings are actually read. Regulatory and legal content is educational and practical, and company-specific decisions belong with your legal counsel.

Who Should Attend

• Environmental and permitting SMEs supporting pipeline, storage, LNG and midstream projects
• Construction, project execution and right-of-way leaders translating permit conditions into field work
• Air quality permitting and compliance professionals managing methane, GHG reporting, LDAR and air modeling obligations
• Engineers, project managers and operations managers accountable for project schedules
• Regulatory and compliance professionals and attorneys working with FERC, PHMSA, EPA, USACE, state agencies and SHPO or tribal consultation
• Consultants and associate members supporting operators on environmental strategy, construction planning, mitigation, restoration and compliance execution
• Government agency representatives and industry partners

Sessions assume working familiarity with permitting, environmental compliance or construction execution. Newer professionals entering the natural gas environmental and permitting field will find value alongside the new attendee programming.

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