Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:05 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:05 – 1:05 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:05 – 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 US Environmental Protection Agency regulations
• Notice of intent requirements
• Special conditions for sensitive waters
• Review and permitting process
• Implementing, monitoring and assessing SWPPPs
Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
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 Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Stormwater management planning
Sizing criteria
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
Developing Plans for Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance and Recordkeeping
Understanding the science and terminology of stormwater management and monitoring
Implementing monitoring plans
Reviewing stormwater BMP case studies
Credits
Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
6.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory CE Opportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in South Carolina.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW PDHs.
Architects, engineers, and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at the seminar in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.0 CECs.
This seminar offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for course 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
Tara Merrill
ES&T Inc.Environmental Consultant and President at ES&T Inc.Ms. Merrill operates a consulting firm offering specialized services for private and public sector-projects along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Her firm handles residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, transportation, stormwater and marine projects. Ms. Merrill’s work includes Federal and state environmental permitting, wetland delineations, wetland and stream restoration, watershed assessment plans, water quality monitoring, coastal resiliency/hazard mitigation plans, green infrastructure planning, regulatory compliance audits and violation resolution consulting. She is the principal author and co-designer of Green Growth Guidelines published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Coastal Regional Development Center. Ms. Merrill earned her B.S. degree in Environmental Science from the University of Southern Mississippi.