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.