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

Understanding Stormwater Permit Requirements
and Procedures for MS4s

   Defining MS4s: large, medium and small
   Understanding Texas Commission on Environmental
      Quality requirements for general and individual permits

Obtaining Individual Permits for Phase I
(Large and Medium-Size) Systems

   Permit application requirements
   Special conditions for sensitive waters
   Review and permitting process
   Complying with program requirements

Obtaining General Permits for Phase II (Small) Systems

   Permit application requirements
   Special conditions for sensitive waters
   Review and permitting process
   Complying with program requirements

Developing MS4 Best Practices for Phase II Systems

   Public education/InvolvementIllicit discharge
   Construction
   Post-construction
   Pollution prevention/good housekeeping
   Industrial stormwater sources

Complying with Requirements for Phase II Monitoring,
Recordkeeping and Reporting

   Understanding the science and terminology of stormwater
      management and monitoring
   Implementing monitoring plans

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.5 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public. It offers 6.5 HSW CEPHs to Texas architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to Texas professional engineers to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Texas.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.

Architects, landscape architects and engineers 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 event for 6.5 CECs.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state that has a continuing education requirement for contractors.

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

Krista Pender

City of Carrollton

Stormwater Coordinator, City of CarrolltonMs. Pender has served as the stormwater coordinator for the City of Carrollton, TX since 2007. As stormwater coordinator her primary responsibility is to develop, implement, and manage Carrollton’s Stormwater Management Program per the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer system (MS4) permit requirements. Ms. Pender also provides inter-departmental training on stormwater-related subjects, including general stormwater education, pollution prevention, construction, illicit discharge detection and elimination (IDDE) and other topics as the need arises. She has earned the designation of advanced certified stormwater inspector through the National Stormwater Center and is also a registered sanitarian and a registered environmental health specialist. Ms. Pender is the past chair for the Regional Stormwater Coordinating Council through North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Public Health from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.