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.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements and Practices
Background on sediment and pollution control
Environmental Protection Agency regulations
State erosion and sediment control regulations
Standards and specifications
Permitting, approval and enforcement
Selection of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
Soil science
Causes of erosion and sedimentation
Practices that minimize site disturbance
Preservation of native vegetation
Selecting appropriate practices for disturbed areas on the construction site
Erosion and Sediment Control Best Practices
Non-structural controls – temporary and permanent seeding,
sodding and mulching, geotextiles
Stream and bank stabilization
Structural controls
Erosion Control Measures for Small Channels
Channel lining options
Control Measure Estimating and Calculation
Estimates of erosion rates and sediment transport modeling
Geotextiles
Rip rap
Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
Permitting requirements
Permitting authorization
Permitting closeout and notice of termination
Stormwater Inspection and Maintenance
BMP monitoring and record keeping
Permitting obligations
Case Studies in Erosion, Sediment Control and Stormwater Permitting
Erosion control
Permitting near hazardous waste
Land subdivision
Industrial and utility facilities
Streambanks
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
6.5 PDHs MSE Approved
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Montana. Continuing education is not mandatory for Montana landscape architects, but this course will qualify in most states with continuing education requirements.
The Montana Society of Engineers has approved this course for 6.5 PDHs.
This seminar has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and 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 an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors but has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing board for continuing education approval.
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
Shoots Veis P.E.
Mr. Shoots Veis is an experienced and engaging public speaker, having given hundreds of public presentations at professional conferences, college courses, public meetings, TEDx and service clubs. He served a five-year term on the Billings, Montana city council, where he took an interest in getting presenters to engage with the audience. Mr. Veis spent several years appearing as an actor in dozens of productions at Billings Studio Theatre and hosts the Your County, Your City and Your Schools programs on Community 7 Television.