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• 2025 Legislative Dinner Meeting

  • When
    14 Jan 2026
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    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    High Park Bar and Grill
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  2025 Legislative Update Dinner Meeting
  

  At NCAEP's 2025 Legislative Update Dinner Meeting, Grady O’Brien will present on relevant developments from the most recent legislative session, as well as other regulatory and administrative updates. Grady is the Water Policy Manager at North Carolina Conservation Network where he focuses on state legislative tracking and lobbying as well as various water quality issues.

  Social Hour starting at 5:30 PM
  Food at 6:30 PM
  Speaker at ~7:00 PM

  What: NCAEP's 2025 Legislative Update Dinner Meeting
  When: January 14, 2025, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
  Where: High Park Bar and Grill
  625 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27608 https://maps.app.goo.gl/gA3Lm4WxEDYkeG6N9

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• Environmental Consulting for Brownfields in North Carolina

  • When
    04 Feb 2026
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    11:30 AM
  • Location
    S&ME Raleigh office - 3201 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27616
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  Upcoming NCAEP event information:

  Environmental Consulting for Brownfields Lunch and Learn

  Date: 4 February, 2025 11:30 AM EST

  Registration is required by 5:00 PM on January 28.  Lunch will be sponsored by S&ME.  Please contact Ashley Bentz (vp@ncaep.org) to learn about subsequent meeting sponsorship opportunities and to suggest future meeting topics.

  Environmental Consulting for Brownfields in North Carolina

  This session will provide a practical overview of Brownfields redevelopment in North Carolina, including how the NC Brownfields Program works, key benefits for developers and communities, and current trends in risk‑based cleanup. Presenters will highlight real‑world case studies to illustrate common challenges and successful redevelopment strategies. Attendees will gain insight into navigating the State and federal brownfields pathways, coordinating with NCDEQ, and delivering safe, economically viable reuse of contaminated properties.

  Lunch: 11:30 AM

  Presentation: 12:00 PM

  Speakers:

  Sharon Poissant Eckard, PG

  Supervisor for Eastern District Brownfields Redevelopment Section

  North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

  Sharon Poissant Eckard, PG, is a hydrogeologist with nearly 40 years of environmental industry experience and has spent the past 18 years serving in the North Carolina Brownfields Program. Sharon currently leads the Eastern Branch of the Brownfields Redevelopment Section, overseeing complex redevelopment projects and guiding communities through the safe reuse of contaminated properties.

  Sharon’s career includes consulting roles with Dames & Moore, environmental remediation management positions with General Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric in the San Francisco Bay Area, and founding her own consultancy after relocating to North Carolina. Before joining NCDEQ, she also established and managed the Raleigh office of a regional environmental firm.

  Sharon is a strong advocate for Brownfields redevelopment as a practical and impactful intersection of hydrogeology, risk management, and economic revitalization.

  Sam Watts, PG

  Vice President + Principal Geologist

  S&ME, Inc.

  Samuel P. Watts, PG, is a Principal Geologist and Environmental Consultant with over 30 years of experience in Brownfields redevelopment, environmental assessment, and remediation across the country.

  What: Environmental Consulting for Brownfields in NC

  When: February 4, 2025

  Where: S&ME Raleigh Office

                 3201 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27613

  https://maps.app.goo.gl/8adjBF4Gck1m3UMu5

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