Erosion and Sediment Control Seminar
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 am – 12:10 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:10 – 1:10 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:10 – 4:30 pm
Erosion and Sediment Control Fundamentals
Overview of Regulations Related to Construction Sites
Federal regulations
Maine regulations
Maine construction general permit highlights
Other Maine regulations
Non- BMP Measures
Project phasing
Managing construction sites wastes
Managing prohibited discharges (concrete washout BMPs, etc.)
Erosion and Sediment Control BMPs for Construction Sites
RUSLE – What is it and why is it important?
Erosion controls
• Vegetation
• Mulches
• Slope stabilization
Runoff controls
• Check dams
• Slope drains
• Swales, channels and diversions
• Level spreaders and energy dissipators
Sediment controls
• Silt fence and alternatives
• Erosion control mix berms
• Storm drain inlet protection
• Thoughts on hay bales
Sediment Containment – Improving on the Design
• Design criteria
• Baffles
• Surface skimmers
• Flocculants
Stream Crossings and Other Sensitive Sites
Site Inspection Discussion/Walkthrough
Case studies
Identifying and resolving site issues
Practice selection for small project site
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects & Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours*
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
*Not mandatory in Maine
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states and up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval for Maine engineers. Continuing education is not mandatory for Maine architects and landscape architects.
This program has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York*. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED No. 35)*, North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors, but it has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
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.
*New York architects, landscape architects, and engineers: This seminar offers 5.5 hours of credit, as one hour contains information specific to Maine.
Speakers
Randall Shuey
Northpoint EngineeringNorthpoint Engineering – Concord, NHMr. Shuey is a senior environmental scientist with Northpoint Engineering in Concord, New Hampshire. He is a certified wetland and soil scientist. Mr. Shuey served on the boards of state regional and national environmental organizations and is currently the regional coordinator for the EnviroCert International Program that certifies stormwater professionals.
For more than 25 years he has been helping clients navigate through regulations associated with their construction sites. His work involves providing solutions that balance client goals and regulatory requirements. Mr. Shuey’s project experience includes various development types, road and airport construction, and wetland and bio-stabilization projects. Mr. Shuey is a part of the International Erosion Control Association faculty, and he is an EnviroCert International approved trainer.