Learn ways to use analysis and due diligence to prevent protests or project opposition.
With the ever-present need for reliable pipeline, electric, water, sewer, fiber optic, and other assets to supply the nations critical infrastructure needs, there is a correlating need to think beyond engineering for successful project execution. Many of these projects see increasing opposition from landowners, other stakeholders, environmentalists and other interested parties, with goals of down-sizing, relocating, or stopping a project, decreasing efficiency in project planning and execution, while raising the costs of construction. While there is no single solution to prevent protests or project opposition, careful analysis and due diligence in the early stages of project planning as to stakeholder issues, land analysis, regional issues and route selection can help mitigate, if not eliminate, early missteps that can derail even the best project. This topic will focus on the soft sciences of land rights analysis, regional stakeholder values, project naming, opposition research, and negotiation strategies, and address route selection beyond geology, engineering and design considerations.
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Agenda
High Level Land Rights Analysis for Route Selection
- Existing Corridors - Gaining Access
- Greenfields - Minimizing Impacts
- Working With and Waiving Comprehensive Plans - Local/Regional/State
- Encumbered Properties (i.e. Conservation Easements/Special Uses)
Due Diligence for Issues of Regional Importance on Potential Routes
- Historical Analysis
- Plans for Growth
- Region and Project: How to Find Common Ground
- Project Fatigue
Communication Issues
- Project Communication - Legal Requirements for Notice and Outreach
- Delivery Methods That Work
- Mounting a Project Campaign - Getting Buy-in
- Incorporating Social Media Into Communications and Messaging
- Structuring an Open House or Town Hall
Identifying Route Alternatives Beyond Science and Engineering
- Finding the Easy Wins and Avoiding Obvious Losses
- Listening Beyond Hearing
- Planning for Opposition and Putting It to Use
- Tracking Comments and Identifying Trends to Issue-Spot
Regulatory Applications
- Documenting Route Selection Efforts
- Addressing Regional Nuances, Routing Considerations, and Likely Opposition
- Detailing Communication Beyond Legal Requirements
- Project Protests to Regulatory Bodies . . . the Path(s) to "Yes"
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on August 21, 2018.
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This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Beth R. Minear, Esq.
Global Project Solutions Consultants, LLC
- Founder of Minear Law Offices, PLLC and Global Project Solutions Consultants, LLC, woman-owned businesses
- Service to the energy, utility, and critical infrastructure industries as trusted attorney and consultant for more than 20 years
- First chair trial attorney in state and federal courts of multiple states, utilizing emerging and novel evidence to educate juries, courts, and other triers of fact
- Areas of expertise are route selection and project siting, land acquisition planning, stakeholder engagement and outreach messaging, regulatory compliance, and encroachment remediation and asset protection of critical infrastructure protection
- Advises clients on eminent domain strategies in each state, regulatory matters including electronic discovery, FERC Order 1000 for the electric industry and PHMSA compliance for natural gas
- J.D. degree, Capital University Law School; studied at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford
- Can be contacted at [email protected]
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