Agenda for Fall 2006 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshops

September 19-20, 2006
Sheraton Hotel & Marina
New Bern, NC

November 29-30, 2006
Holiday Inn Select
Hickory, NC

Purpose: These workshops update design professionals who develop erosion and sedimentation control plans. Information covered includes updates to the NC Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual, regulations related to erosion and sedimentation control, as well as new design concepts and approaches.

Credits: 12 PDHs will be available to professional engineers and land surveyors, and 10 continuing education hours for landscape architects upon completion of one of these workshops. Please provide your license number on registration form.

Agenda

Tuesday, September 19 and Wednesday, November 29, 2006

7:30 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 8:45 Opening Remarks
New Bern: NC House Representative Alice Graham Underhill
Hickory: Roger Watson, Sedimentation Control Commission Member

8:45 – 9:00 Land Quality Update
Mell Nevils, Chief, NC Division of Land Resources Land Quality Section (NC DLR LQS)

9:00 – 9:30 Sedimentation Pollution Control Act Overview
Mell Nevils, Chief, NC DLR LQS

9:30 – 10:00 New Criteria for Sediment Basins
Gray Hauser, State Sediment Specialist, NC DLR LQS

10:00 – 10:15 Break and Exhibits

10:15 – 11:15 Sediment and Erosion Control for Stream Restoration
Wyatt Brown, Soil & Erosion Control Engineer II, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

• Part 1
• Part 2

11:15 – 11:45 Various Methods for the Stabilization of Streambanks
Karen Hall, Riparian Vegetation Specialist and Extension Associate, NC State University Water Quality Group

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

11:45 – 12:45 Lunch (provided)

12:45– 1:15 Keeping the Pipes Clean with Inlet Protection
Ashley Rodgers, State Sediment Education Specialist, NC DLR LQS

1:15– 2:15
New Bern: Erosion Control Products, Workshop Exhibitors
Hickory: Silt Fence Installation, Darrell Westmoreland, Project Manager and Vice-president, North State Environmental, Inc.

2:15– 2:45 Break and Exhibits

2:45– 3:45 Sediment Basins: The Pennsylvania Experience
Albert Jarrett, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department

3:45 – 4:30 Baffles for Sediment Basins
Rich McLaughlin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, NC State University Soil Science Department

Wednesday, September 20 and Thursday, November 30, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 9:30 Rational Method Spreadsheets
Albert Jarrett, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department

9:30 – 10:00 Spillway Capacity for Sediment Retention Structures Part 1
Max Fowler, PE, State Dam Safety Engineer, NC DLR

• NC State Dam Safety Program

10:00 – 10:30 Break and Exhibits

10:30 – 11:00 Spillway Capacity for Sediment Retention Structures Part 2
Max Fowler, PE, State Dam Safety Engineer, NC DLR

11:00 – 12:00 Energy Dissipation Below Pipe Culverts
Gray Hauser, State Sediment Specialist, NC DLR LQS

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:00 Buffers for Nutrient Control
Amy Chapman, Buffer Coordinator, 401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit, NCDENR Division of Water Quality

2:00 – 2:30 Buffers for Sediment Control
Danny Smith, Environmental Supervisor II, NPS Assistance & Compliance Oversight Unit, NCDENR Division of Water Quality

2:30 – 2:45 Break and Exhibits

2:45 – 4:00 Vegetation for Roadsides, Utility Right-of-Ways and Riparian Buffers
Ted Sherrod, PE, CPESC, CPSWQ, State Roadside Environmental Field Operations Engineer, NC Department of Transportation ; W.T. “Buzz” Bryson, Lead Environmental Specialist, Environment, Health & Safety, Progress Energy; Karen Hall, Riparian Vegetation Specialist and Extension Associate, NC State University Water Quality Group

4:00 Adjourn

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