Stormwater Management 2019 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.
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 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:00 pm
Understanding Stormwater Permit Requirements and Procedures
Background and development of national and state regulations
and permit requirements
Activities exempt from construction general stormwater permit requirements
Complying with NPDES and Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality regulations
• Notice of intent requirements
• What the permit covers and does not cover
• Application process
• General requirements and standard conditions
• Implementing, monitoring and assessing SWPPPs
Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
Including required elements
Assessing building sites
Choosing best management practices (BMPs)
Planning for required inspection, maintenance and recordkeeping
Obtaining plan certification
Implementing SWPPPs
Choosing Appropriate Storm Water Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Stormwater management planning
• Sizing critera
Green infrastructure practices
• Preservation of natural features and conservation design
• Reducing impervious cover
Green management techniques
• Conservation of natural areas
• Riparian buffers and filter strips
• Vegetated swales
• Disconnected runoff
• Stream daylighting
• Rain gardens
• Green roofs
• Stormwater planters
• Rain barrels/cisterns
• Porous pavement
• Proprietary practices
Tying it all Together: Planning, Modeling, Design
and Maintenance
Case study – Spring Lake Park in Omaha, Nebraska
• Planning
• Modeling
• Design
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.0 Contact Hours
6.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Architects
6.0 HSW CEUs
6.0 AIA LU|HSW
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers, 6.0 contact hours (HSW) to landscape architects, and 6.0 HSW CEUs/continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Nebraska. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Nebraska.
Nebraska architects please note, this seminar does not address required code subject matter. Excess general CEUs can be carried over to the following compliance period. Refer to continuing education rules for details.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES. Visit www.halfmoonseminars.org for complete AIA information
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has been submitted to any state contractor licensing board for continuing education credit approval.
Speakers
Ben Higgins
City of LincolnPE (Senior Engineer), Watershed Manager for the City of Lincoln Public Works Department
Mr. Higgins is involved with stormwater management issues in Lincoln related to public education and outreach, major urban drainage projects, flood reduction projects, stream stability and water quality projects, drainage review, erosion and sediment control, stormwater financing and floodplain management. He has both bachelors and masters degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Prior to his position with the Public Works Department starting in 2001, Mr. Higgins worked as a professional engineer in the water resources area for both public and private agencies.
Rocky J. Keehn, PE, D.WRE, CFM
Mr. Keehn has over 35 years of experience in the field of stormwater planning and design. Projects have included storm sewer design; detention ponding for rate control; retention ponds for water quality improvements; wetland construction; underground and above ground BMPs including rain gardens, first flush diversion structures, and special outlet structures; and retrofit of existing sites for stormwater improvements. He holds the certification of diplomate water resource engineer (D.WRE) from the American Academy of Water Resource Engineers, and is a registered engineer in the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Mr. Keehn is a registered hydrologist in Wisconsin, a certified floodplain manager (CFM), and a Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) erosion and sediment control certified inspector.
Rock Krzycki
City of LincolnCISEC (Senior Environmental Health Specialist) Stormwater Inspector for the City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department
Mr. Krzycki has over 16 years’ experience in the field of municipal stormwater compliance in such areas as public education, public participation, illicit discharge detection, construction site runoff, post construction BMP’s and monitoring. He has assisted in drafting stormwater ordinances and design standards and reviews and authorizes Notice of Intent SWPPP applications for large and residential sites. Mr. Krzycki conducts compliance inspections of both sediment and erosion control and Post Construction Best Management Practices. He is a CISEC Sediment and Erosion Control Certified Inspector and has worked in the field of design construction for over 30 years in both the private and public sector.
AIA Info
AIA Provider Statement:
HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).
This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
Course Title: Stormwater Management
Delivery Method: Live
Course Description: This six-hour live lecture presentation examines stormwater permit requirements and procedures, stormwater pollution prevention plans, stormwater best management practices, and stormwater management modeling, design and maintenance.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to identify applicable stormwater management regulations and comply with stormwater permit requirements of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to define required elements of stormwater pollution prevention plans and will be able participate in the development of stormwater pollution prevention plans.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to choose appropriate stormwater best management practices, such as the reduction of impervious cover, the installation of riparian buffers and filter strips, the construction of rain gardens and the installation of porous pavement.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to apply stormwater management principles to a real-world case study, that demonstrates the planning, stormwater modeling and design processes.
LUs: 6.0 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with site design and stormwater issues.
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 07/09/2022
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost, or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.