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
Rex Robbins

   Why permit stormwater?
   Background and development of national and state regulations and permit requirements
   Types of stormwater permits (construction, municipal, industrial)
   General permits vs individual permits
   Activities exempt from construction general construction stormwater permit requirements
   Complying with NPDES and State regulations (TN, MS and AR)
      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
Rex Robbins

   Hydrology, soil science and drainage
   Water chemistry
   Classifying storm events
   Identifying consequences of storm events
   Stormwater modeling

Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
AJ Wyatt

   Including required elements
   Assessing building sites
   Choosing best management practices (BMPs)
   Planning for required inspection, maintenance and recordkeeping
   Obtaining plan certification
   Implementing SWPPPs

Sustainable Sites Initiative
AJ Wyatt

   What is SITES v2 (Sustainable Sites Initiative)?
   Identify the compatible and reinforcing elements of SITES v2 related to site water resource management
   Identify the potential credits within SITES v2
   Documentation of water management strategies to streamline applications
   Strategies for SITES v2 (Inc) innovation in design credit regarding site water management
   Review of benefits of integrating and collaborating through the SITES process

Choosing Appropriate Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Brandon Walsh

   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
Brandon Walsh

   Understanding the science and terminology of stormwater management and monitoring
   Implementing monitoring plans
   Reviewing stormwater BMP case studies

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.5 HSW PDHs

Architects
     7.5 HSW PDHs
     7.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     7.5 HSW PDHs
     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 HSW PDHs/continuing education hours to Tennessee engineers, architects, and landscape architects. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Tennessee.

This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.

Engineers, architects, and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit 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 activity for 7.5 CECs.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing board 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

Rex Robbins

FTN Associates

Professional Engineer at FTN Associates in Little RockMr. Robbins is a licensed professional engineer in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Oklahoma. He has a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Purdue University and over 40 years of experience as an environmental engineer. Mr. Robbins has developed stormwater pollution prevention plans and designed structures to improve the quality of stormwater discharges. He has worked with several industrial facilities to resolve issues around achieving stormwater discharge limitations and benchmarks. He has taught graduate level college courses on waste management. Mr. Robbins currently serves as senior project manager for FTN Associates Ltd. in Little Rock.

Brandon Walsh

Environmental Compliance Manager, The Greater Nashville AreaMr. Walsh is a certified professional in stormwater quality and a certified professional in industrial stormwater management. He graduated Middle Tennessee State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Technology with dual concentrations in Site Analysis and Water Resource Management. This included an educational background of primarily Biology and Chemistry with Geology, Soil Science, Mathematics, and other related subjects. Mr. Walsh worked as an environmental consultant in the scrap metal and auto recycling industry for nine years. He is currently an environmental compliance manager in the auto recycling industry. In the last 13 years he has worked on hundreds of stormwater permitting projects, including BMP design and maintenance, records keeping, sampling, and regulation compliance.

Alan Wyatt

Sustainable Site Consultant in BartlettMr. Wyatt is a registered landscape architect and founding principal of Alan J. Wyatt, RLA, ASLA, LEED-AP, of Bartlett, Tennessee. His professional experience has included project management, planning and design, and construction administration of facilities for public and private clientele throughout the United States in landscape architecture, planning, urban planning/design, and sustainable/resilient design as well as other practice areas. Mr. Wyatt has led and managed the planning and design, project management, implementation, and construction administration and management of over 3500 projects, from residential gardens to new ‘smart-growth’ communities, including commercial/retail, urban mixed-use, residential, neighborhood redevelopment, parks, greenways, trails, streetscapes, leisure and recreational venues, sport facilities, healthcare, education and campus master planning, institutional, transportation, historical and cultural sites, streetscapes, land-use planning, community master planning, urban stormwater management, sustainable site master planning, sustainable/resilient environments and other project types. Mr. Wyatt has given presentations to professional organizations, civic groups, and the University of Memphis Civil Engineering Graduate Department on innovative “green infrastructure’ stormwater management techniques, water sensitive urban design, green infrastructure and sustainable sites and landscapes. He continues to share his passion for sustainable community issues through presentations to local educational groups, sharing his experience and knowledge through local media and his involvement on current community issues with local stakeholder groups. Mr. Wyatt’s commitment to the profession and the local community has included service as president of Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and as president of the West Tennessee Chapter of the Urban Forestry Council, as well as on the local board of the United States Green Building Council.