Agenda
Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Morning Session: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:00 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 Delaware Department of Natural Resources regulations
• Notice of intent requirements
• Special conditions for sensitive waters
• Review and permitting process
• Implementing, monitoring and assessing SWPPPs
Understanding and Applying the Science of Stormwater
Hydrology, soil science and drainage
Classifying storm events
Identifying consequences of storm events
Stormwater modeling
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 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
Professional Engineers
7.5 PDHs
Architects
7.5 HSW CEHs
7.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
7.5 CEUs
7.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
7.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.5 PDHs to professional engineers, 7.5 continuing education hours to architects, and 7.5 CEUs to landscape architects licensed in Delaware. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Delaware.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.5 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.5 HSW PDHs.
Professional engineers, architects, and landscape architects seeking continuing education in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 7.5 CECs.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board for mandatory continuing education credit.
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
Erik White, P.E.
President, UEG Consulting, LLC, in Montclair, NJMr. White has over 35 years of experience in engineering, ranging from compliance and industrial wastewater and air treatment system evaluations to remedial study/design projects. Mr. White works with clients across a variety of industries, including iron and steel, utilities, specialty chemicals, food and food additive processing, and petroleum refining. He has expertise in industrial wastewater and stormwater regulatory review and implementation support under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program. Mr. White earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan.
