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	Curtis E. Aling, AICP</h1>
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	Lead GHG Management and Climate Change Consultant</h3>
<p style="text-align: center"><img alt="" src="~url~/uploads/image/curtis_alling.jpg" style="margin: 40px 0px 20px" /></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">Experience &amp; Education</span></strong></p><p>Curtis E. Alling, AICP has over 30 years of experience in environmental consulting including greenhouse gas (GHG) and climate change management. He is an expert in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and a specialist in the climate change response issues. He is a leader in the process of defining CEQA approaches to GHG analysis and climate vulnerability.</p><p>He served as Chair of the California Chapter American Planning Association&rsquo;s Climate Change Task Force and was invited by the Attorney General&rsquo;s Office and Local Government Commission to provide the CEQA compliance presentation for their statewide climate change workshops reaching out to local governments. He has managed and directed more than 1,000 Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), and other studies for federal, state, and local agencies. He has personally worked on 11 CEQA documents that were the subject of litigation and the defensibility record of these projects is outstanding. In addition to GHG analysis in CEQA documents, his work has involved consideration of climate change effects on ecological restoration projects, foothill subdivisions in high fire hazard areas, delta resource and water quality management, and coastal recreation facilities. He regularly instructs for the Association of Environmental Professionals, American Planning Association, University of California (UC)&mdash;Davis Extension, and UC&mdash;Los Angeles Extension on CEQA and NEPA practice. He holds a Master&rsquo;s degree in Natural Resources Planning and Development from Texas A&amp;M University and Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Wildlife Science from Cornell University.&nbsp;<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Affiliations</strong></span></p>
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		Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)</li>
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		American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)</li>
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		American Planning Association (APA) </li>
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<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Presentations &amp; Workshops</strong></span></p>
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		Climate Change Adaptation, UC&mdash;Davis Extension course, Sacramento, 2010</li>
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		Senate Bill (SB) 97 CEQA Guidelines Amendments, AEP Chapter Presentation,<br />
		Sacramento, 2010</li>
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		Climate Change and CEQA, UC&mdash;Davis Extension course, Sacramento, 2009</li>
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		SB 375 Implementation Workshops, Senator Steinberg and Local Government Commission, Fresno, Los Angeles, 2009</li>
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		Climate Action Plans (CAP), CLE 5th CEQA Conference, San Francisco and San Diego, 2009</li>
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		CEQA and Climate Action Plans, UC&mdash;Los Angeles Land Use Law Conference,<br />
		Los Angeles, 2009</li>
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		General Plans and Climate Action Plans, Climate Action Leaders Forum, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), 2009</li>
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		CEQA and Climate Adaptation, League of California Cities Attorney&rsquo;s Workshop,<br />
		Los Angeles, 2009</li>
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		Status of SB 97 CEQA Guidelines (Climate Change), Asphalt Pavement Association of California (APACA) Conference, Hollywood, 2008</li>
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		Special Forum for Cities and Counties on Climate Change, Northern California, 2008</li>
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		AEP Advanced CEQA Workshop, Sacramento, 2008</li>
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		County Executives Forum on Climate Change, Sacramento, 2008</li>
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		California State Bar Environmental Roundtable, CEQA and Climate Change, San Diego, 2008</li>
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		Second Climate Change Conference, CEQA Compliance Panel Leader,<br />
		UC&mdash;Davis Extension, 2008</li>
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		Attorney General/Local Government Commission Climate Change Workshops, CEQA Approaches, Statewide, 2008</li>
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		California Chapter&mdash;APA (CCAPA) Planning Principles for Climate Change Response, 2008</li>
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		Climate Change Conversation&mdash;CEQA Compliance, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, 2008</li>
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		Greenhouse Gas Analysis Under CEQA, AEP/NAEP Conference, San Diego, 2008</li>
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		Floodplain Legislation&mdash;Planners Respond, CCAPA Conference, Anaheim, 2007</li>
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		First Climate Change, Land Use and CEQA Conference, Conference Chair, UC&mdash;Davis Extension, 2007<br />
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