Erosion and Sediment Control Seminar
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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 – 4:30 pm
State Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements and Practices
K. Steinbacher
Environmental Protection Agency regulations
Missouri Department of Natural Resources and
Kansas Department of Health And Environment
• Requirements, applicability and exclusions
• Stormwater pollution prevention plan requirements
Goals for and Selection of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
K. Steinbacher
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,
Performance Characteristics and Discussion
R. Carrothers
Latest in industry testing
What are you hoping to achieve
Product design is the difference
Gray verses green BMPs
Stream and Bank Stabilization
K. Steinbacher
Stream bank erosion protection
Bank stabilization and repair
Structural Erosion and Sediment Control Practices
K. Steinbacher
Earthen dikes
Drainage swales
Pipe drains
Subsurface drains
Silt fences
Berms
Check dams
Sediment Traps and Sediment Basins
K. Steinbacher
Calculating flow rates and capacity
Designing and sizing
Maintenance plans
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs/CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW PDHs/continuing education hours to architects and in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kansas.
This seminar is 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. Partial attendance cannot be reported to the AIA.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. 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 seminar provides a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It 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
Rob Carrothers
Filtrexx InternationalPresident Filtrexx InternationalMG Carrothers is the President of Filtrexx International. Filtrexx promotes the use of compost-based land improvement systems for the treatment of polluted storm water in construction and post-construction projects in the United States and internationally. General Carrothers has been involved in the erosion and sediment control industry since 2003 in a variety of positions providing planning, inspection services, best management practice installation, and green roof and wall installation and services.
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.