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
NPDES Rules and Regulations
Review of new regulation changes
Understanding and managing a SWPPP
Inspection and reporting protocols
Corrective action requirements and timeframe for compliance
Principles and Practices of Erosion Prevention and
Sediment Control
Causes of erosion
Importance of vegetation
LID and other practices to minimize site disturbance
Vegetation Establishment 101
Non-structural Best Management Practices for
Erosion Prevention/Sediment Control
Using riparian areas/buffer zones and vegetated filter strips
Temporary and permanent seeding, sodding and mulching
Chemical soil stabilization
Structural BMP’s for Erosion Prevention / Sediment Control –
Temporary Perimeter BMPs
Construction Entrances
Compost Filter Socks
Silt Fence
Straw Bales
Wood Chip Filter Berm
Rock Filter
Structural BMP’s for Erosion Prevention / Sediment Control –
Temporary Internal BMPs
Sediment Traps/Basins
Diversion Swales
Inlet Protection
Pipe Slope Drains
Rock Filters
Concrete Washouts
Pumped Filter Bags
Erosion Control Blankets (ECBs)
Structural BMP’s for Erosion Prevention / Sediment Control – Permanent BMPs
Rip-rap/Energy Dissipators
Spillway Protection
Level Spreader
Turf Reinforcement Matting 9TRMs
Channel Linings
Anti-Seep Collars
Green Engineering for Streambank and Shoreline Stabilization
Brush Layering
Coir Logs
Soil Lifts/Encapsulated Soil Layers
Reinforced Vegetation
Log Vanes
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 CPC Credits/PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.0 NJ Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 CPC credits to New Jersey professional engineers. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects.
The New Jersey Board of Architects has approved this course for 6.0 continuing education hours for landscape architects. The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this event for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this seminar for 6.5 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
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
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PAMr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.
