Nicholas Targ Coordinates EJ Land Use Workshop Sessions

On Friday, March 30, 2007 there will be a series of Land Use Workshop Sessions. One title includes "The Intersection between Environmental Justice andLocal Land Use Planning and Zoning." This workshop is for land use attorneys, community and local planners, and local officials. There will also be sessions on "Environmental Justice and Environmental Impact Assessments" and "Making the Environmental Justice-Land Use Connection in Practice: Strategies that Work."

Nicholas Targ, upper right, is coordinating the Land Use sessions for the conference. He is Senior Counsel at the San Francisco, California law firm of Holland and Knight, a cosponsor of the conference. He practices environmental, land use, and natural resources law. He was formerly Counsel with EPA's Ofice of Environmental Justice. Targ holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Boston College Law School.