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 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements and Practices
Environmental Protection Agency regulations
State erosion and sediment control regulations
– Standards and specifications
– Permitting, approval and enforcement
Goals for and Selection of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
Causes of erosion and sedimentation
Practices that minimize site disturbance
Preservation of native vegetation
Selecting appropriate practices for disturbed areas on the construction site
Non-Structural Erosion and Sediment Control Best Practices
Temporary and permanent seeding, sodding and mulching
Use of geotextiles
Chemical soil stabilization
Establishment of buffer zones
Stream and Bank Stabilization
Stream bank erosion protection
Bank stabilization and repair
Structural Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
Earthen dikes
Drainage swales
Pipe drains
Subsurface drains
Silt fences
Berms
Check dams
Sediment Traps and Sediment Basins
Calculating flow rates and capacity
Designing and sizing
Maintenance plans
Credits
Architects & Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CEUs/CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to engineers in all states and 6.5 HSW CEUs/continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. This course also offers 6.5 CEUs to Missouri landscape architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Missouri.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885), and it is approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and to LA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for mandatory continuing education credit.
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
Katherin Steinbacher
CFS EngineersCFS EngineersMs. Steinbacher is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience specializing in stormwater management and erosion and sediment control issues. She regularly consults for contractors, developers, industry, and municipalities at the state and federal levels. Ms. Steinbacher has been responsible for the preparation and implementation of numerous stormwater pollution preventionplans (SWPPPs) for projects throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas. Ms. Steinbacher is a nationally recognized speaker on stormwater management and erosion control topics.