Complying with Illinois State Industrial Stormwater Requirements
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:15 pm
Understanding Federal and Illinois Industrial Stormwater
Laws and Regulations
Examining the development of the Illinois
Industrial Stormwater General Permit
Determining eligibility
Certifying for “no exposure”
Reviewing permit requirements
Understanding the permitting process
Exploring permit maintenance and maintenance fees
Examining Stormwater Pollutants and the Development of
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Total suspended solids
Oxygen-demanding substances
Excess nutrients
Metals
Other common pollutants
Creating Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
Complying with stormwater control measure requirements
Describing facility
Providing assessment of activities and materials
Including modification and reporting requirements
Including availability requirements
Construction site runoff control
Implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs)
BMPs to achieve “no exposure”
Stormwater reduction
Reuse of stormwater
Stormwater control/management
Structural BMPs for treating stormwater
Contingency planning for extreme weather
Sampling and Reporting
Setting up monitoring procedures
Collecting and evaluating samples
Submitting annual reports
Modifying BMPs
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Architects
6.0 HSW Contact Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
6.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
International Code Council
.6 CEUs – Sitework
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 HSW continuing education/contact hours to architects and landscape architects, and 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Illinois. Course providers and courses are not pre-approved in Illinois.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW PDHs.
Engineers, architects, and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this seminar for 6.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Gary LaForge
LaForge & Associates, LLCPresident at LaForge & Associates, LLC
Mr. LaForge primarily focuses on the areas of municipal services; road construction; stormwater management; flood control; hydraulics and hydrology; domestic water supply, distribution and treatment; and wastewater collection and treatment. His extensive experience includes all aspects of the above design areas, from collection of the initial raindrop through domestic use and wastewater treatment to recycling and reuse. Mr. LaForge has an extensive training background in all areas of capital improvement programs, municipal implementation programs, inspection techniques and stormwater management. His experience includes the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and modeling software to simulate the collection or distribution system of interest, and the experience to understand why the model does not match the actual system measurements. Mr. LaForge is registered as a professional engineer in Illinois and is a member of the American Public Works Association. He earned his B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.