Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):         11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Afternoon Session:             12:45 – 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 the Maryland Department of the Environment
      • Applying for Section 401 certification
      • 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
   Identifying consequences of storm events
   Stormwater modeling
   Runoff reduction, routing and storage
   Infiltration and percolation

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 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

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
     7.0 PDHs

Architects
     7.0 HSW Learning Units/CE Hours
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     7.0 HSW PDHs
     7.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers, 7.0 HSW learning units/continuing education hours to architects, and 7.0 HSW PDHs to landscape architects in most states, including Maryland.

The Maryland Board for Professional Engineers has approved HalfMoon Education as a CPC provider.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the American Institute of Architects are considered approved for Maryland architects.

This activity offers 7.0 HSW PDHs to Maryland landscape architects. This course is deemed acceptable, as it has been approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and the LA/CES.

The New York State Education Department recognizes continuing education providers approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System and/or the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System. Courses in approved subject areas are considered approved New York State mandatory continuing education for engineers.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is an approved Florida architect continuing education provider and is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 7.0 CECs.

Speakers

Steven Trinkaus, PE

Principal at Trinkaus Engineering, LLC, in Southbury, CT

Mr. Trinkaus is an internationally recognized expert in the field of low impact development, having presented at many ASCE/EWRI international conferences and many other regional conferences and workshops on LID and water quality issues. He has been an invited presenter and consultant in Taiwan, China, and South Korea. He has also presented on Sustainable Stormwater at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Mr. Trinkaus has written LID design manuals for the Towns of Tolland, Plainville, Harwinton, East Granby, and Morris, Connecticut. He has designed many types of LID treatment systems for a variety of residential and commercial applications. Mr. Trinkaus is chair of the EWRI LID Guidance Document Task Committee and primary author of the Committee’s national guidance document on adopting LID standards. Mr. Trinkaus is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management in 1980 from the University of New Hampshire. He has more than 38 years of experience in the land development field, more than 19 years of experience designing low impact development treatment systems, and six years of experience writing LID regulations and design manuals.

CD/Manual Price: $289.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

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