Complying with Virginia State Industrial Stormwater Requirements
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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 – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:00 pm
Understanding Federal and Virginia Industrial Stormwater Laws and Regulations
Examining the development the Virginia 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 Plans (SWPPPs)
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
Architects
6.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects (HSW) and 6.0 continuing education hours to engineers in Virginia. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Virginia.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW PDHs. Full attendance is required for course attendance reporting to AIA/CES and LA/CES.
Architects, landscape architects, and professional engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply 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 event for 6.0 CECs.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contraction contractors. It has not been preapproved in any state with contractor continuing education requirements.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Gary R. Brown
President of RT Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Brown is president of RT Environmental Services, Inc., an environmental services firm located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. He is a professional engineer (P.E.) in 20 states, and he has been practicing environmental engineering in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1973. He is also a qualified environmental professional (Q.E.P) with over 30 years of diversified engineering experience, including 22 years of engineering management experience. Mr. Brown has worked in the waste management industry and designed stormwater facilities since 1978. He has completed expert work on state and federal court cases as well.