Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 4:30 pm

 Introduction
C. Menconi, E. D’Oro

    Impacts of human activities on the natural world
      • Impervious surfaces
      • Pollution
      • Streams as stormwater disposal
   Remedies we’ll discuss
      • Erosion/sediment control regulations and practices
      • Low impact development
      • Stream stabilization and restoration

Erosion/Sediment Control
C. Menconi

   Impacts from sediment
   Regulations: federal, state NPDES permits
      • Activities/projects subject to permits
      • Permit requirements
      • Best management practices to comply

Low Impact Development
C. Menconi

   Need for changes in urban stormwater management
      • “Low impact development- what’s that?”; comments by a rural resident
      • Historic changes in urban landscape, impacts on stormwater management
      • Goals of LID
      • LID features
      • Construction BMPs to make LID work

Stream Stabilization and Restoration
E. D’Oro

   How do streambanks become “unstable”?
   Impacts of degradation to human/natural environment
      • Habitat
      • Flooding
   Restoration
      • Habitat restoration
           Goals: restoration to what?
   Bank stabilization techniques
      • Materials
      • Design considerations
          Geomorphic conditions
          Stream dynamics
   Stream project planning/execution
      • HPA, other permits
   Construction considerations
      • Access and isolation
      • Minimize impacts to fish, other organisms
      • Work sequence

Summary
C. Menconi, E. D’Oro

   Human infrastructure and activities impact the natural world
   Stormwater regulations on construction and application of
      best management practices maintain water quality
   Low impact development restores natural stormwater management
      functions within dense human infrastructure
   Stabilization and restoration of streams can reverse past damage and
      improve stream habitat and water quality

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Architects &
Landscape Architects
     6.5 HSW PDHs
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
     6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.5 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

 Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers a 6.5 continuing education opportunity to Washington professional engineers (not required for license renewal), which will qualify for 6.5 PDHs in other states. This course also offers 6.5 HSW PDHs to Washington architects and landscape architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Washington.

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. Only full attendance can be reported to AIA/CES and LA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor board with mandatory continuing education.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certific

Speakers

Evan D'Oro

Natural Systems Design

Project Engineer with Natural Systems Design
Mr. D’Oro joined NSD to pursue his passion for the outdoors and for preserving our water resources and their fish and wildlife habitats. After working with the NRCS since 2013 on engineering design, site survey and construction management for agricultural conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Mr. D’Oro joined NSD in 2015 to assist the NSD team with the design of restoration projects throughout the Northwest. He has a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and is a registered professional engineer in Washington State. In his free time you’ll find him skiing in the north Cascades or fly-fishing the Yakima and other Washington rivers.

Carl Menconi CPESC

Owner and Project Consultant with Environmental Project Consulting LLC
Mr. Menconi has more than 30 years of experience in environmental restoration, consulting, and training. As a Washington certified erosion and sediment control lead (CESCL), he has designed and taught many courses in erosion and sediment control and other environmental topics. He has spent a lot of time on the ground advising contractors on stormwater management and serving as a third-party inspector for King County, Washington. In addition to his diverse activities in the field of construction stormwater management, he has surveyed streams and constructed in-stream habitat projects. Mr. Menconi has also supervised and directed hand crews on stream restoration, trail construction, and other environmental restoration projects.