John Clark, J.D., MPA - Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal; Communications attorney and former senior attorney with the FCC's NEPA Team

Amos Loveday, Jr., Ph.D. - History and Preservation Specialist at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal; Former FCC Federal Preservation Officer and former Ohio SHPO

David Jermakian, President of Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc.

This day-long seminar will provide comprehensive training on the new requirements for completing historic-preservation review of FCC-licensed or registered towers and other undertakings. The seminar will provide useful, practical training on how to use and interpret the several different documents that now cover the area, including the NPA, the Voluntary Best Practices Agreement ("BPA") for tribal participation, the Collocation NPA, the new Forms 620 and 621, and related documents.

The faculty for this seminar possess a combined background and length of experience that gives them unique insight into the development and practical application of these documents. John Clark represented PCIA and the wireless industry as one of the original members of the Telecommunications Working Group ("TWG") formed by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to develop the Collocation Nationwide Programmatic Agreement ("Collocation NPA") and the NPA, and throughout the negotiations leading up to adoption of the NPA. Amos Loveday was involved with the development of these NPAs from two different perspectives. When the TWG began its work, Amos participated as the Ohio State Historic Preservation Officer ("SHPO") and Chair of the Telecommunications Subcommittee of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers ("NCSHPO"). In 2002, Amos joined the FCC as that agency's first Cultural Resources Specialist, and he was also the FCC's Federal Preservation Officer. At the FCC he had a major role in assisting in the adoption of the NPA.

Substitutions & Cancellations: Should you be unable to attend for any reason, please inform us in writing prior to June 2, 2006 and Pike & Fischer will give you a refund less a $50 administrative fee. Refunds are not available after June 2, 2006. Substitutions of enrolled delegates may be made at any time.

A copy of the newly released NPA User's Manual: First Edition by John Clark, J.D., MPA, is available to registered attendees at an exclusive discounted rate of $89.

Date:
June 16, 2006 8:30-4:30

Venue:
Sheraton Buckhead
Atlanta, GA
(404) 261-9250

Amos Loveday, Ph.D., joined the law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal as History and Preservation Specialist in July, 2005. Prior to that time, Dr. Loveday was the Federal Preservation Officer and Cultural Resource Specialist at the Federal Communications Commission from 2002-2005. While at the FCC, Dr. Loveday helped redesign and streamline that agency's program of historic-preservation review of wireless and other tower projects. He helped steer to successful adoption the landmark Nationwide Programmatic Agreement ("NPA"). He was also prominently involved in helping develop the FCC's bold new approach to consultation with Indian tribes developed in the past two years.

Prior to his service with the FCC, from 1995 to 2002, Dr. Loveday was the State Historic Preservation Officer ("SHPO") for the State of Ohio. During that time, he was also on the Board of Directors of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and the National Advisory Board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He served for fourteen years as the Chief Curator of the Ohio Historical Society, which operates numerous museums and historic sites across the state.

John F. Clark is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of the law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, where his practice focuses on the federal environmental regulation of the siting of various kinds of facilities, including communications and broadcast towers and infrastructure. Mr. Clark is a former deputy division chief for public safety communications and senior attorney with the Federal Communications Commission's environmental compliance group. He represents wireless carriers, broadcasters, tower companies and the industries impacted by federal and state environmental and land-use laws.

He specializes in compliance issues involving the siting of communications towers and infrastructure, and the full range of substantive laws governing environmental protection, historic preservation, endangered species, migratory birds, Indian tribal consultation, Federal Aviation compliance, and federal preemption of land use restrictions on communications facilities. Mr. Clark was a member of the Telecommunications Working Group that developed the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement ("NPA"), and has represented many prominent companies and trade associations in the wireless telecommunications and tower industries in the NPA proceeding before the Commission.

David Jermakian, President of Dynamic Environmental Associates (DEA), has executive responsibility for the firm’s telecommunication related environmental assessment and compliance projects. Having personally completed thousands of tower siting environmental compliance projects throughout the United States, Mr. Jermakian is exceptionally versed in tower environmental issues, including compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as well as contamination investigation and due diligence assessments. Mr. Jermakian has worked with carriers, tower companies, lending institutions and manufacturing companies to develop their corporate environmental compliance programs and has been a panel member at PCIA conferences for the past two years for Section 106 and National Programmatic Agreement technical sessions. Prior to founding DEA in 1993, Mr. Jermakian managed the environmental division of a regional engineering and consulting firm where he was involved in a variety of work ranging from NEPA compliance for a variety of federally funded construction projects to the remediation of Superfund sites.