Agenda for Spring 2008 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshops

March 11-12, 2008
Hilton Wilmington Riverside
Wilmington, NC

April 9-10, 2008 Workshop is full. No longer accepting registrations.
Holiday Inn Select
Hickory, NC

Purpose: These workshops are structured to educate and familiarize design professionals on the NC Sedimentation Pollution Control Act (SPCA), the rules implementing the Act, and design standards for erosion and sedimentation control best management practices (BMPs).

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.

• Registration Form (pdf)
• Exhibitor Information
• Directions to Workshops (pdf)
• Past Workshop Information

Agenda for March 11-12, 2008, Wilmington, NC

Tuesday, March 11

8:00 – 8:30 am Registration

8:30 – 8:45 am Opening Remarks
W.T. "Buzz" Bryson, NC Sedimentation Control Commission Member and Lead Environmental Specialist, Environment, Health & Safety, Progress Energy Service Company, LLC

8:45 – 9:15 am Land Quality Update: Self Inspection Rule
Wilmington: Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

9:15 – 9:30 am Manual and Web Update
Ashley Rodgers, EI, State Sediment Education Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

9:30 – 10:00 am When a Construction Site Becomes a Mine
Floyd Williams, PG, State Mining Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

10:00 – 10:30 am Break and Exhibits

10:30 – 11:00 am Installing and Maintaining Skimmers and Basins
Charles Brown, Stormwater Engineering Technician, Town of Cary
Engineering Department

11:00 – 11:30 am NPDES Stormwater Permit Self Inspection
Karen Higgins, Branch Training Coordinator, NCDENR Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch

11:30 – 12:00 pm Field Tour Introduction
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 5:00 pm Field Tour
Please wear appropriate field attire.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

8:30 – 9:30 am Subdivision Erosion Control Plan Requirements
Sally McKinney, Assistant Regional Engineer/Express Permit Reviewer, Fayetteville Regional Office, NCDENR DLR LQS

9:30- 9:50 am When a Plan is Required for Lot Construction
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, and Ashley Rodgers, State Sediment Education Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

9:50-10:20 am Break and Exhibits

10:20 – 10:50 am Mulching Options: Pay Now, or Pay Later
Rich McLaughlin, PhD, Associate Professor, NC State University Soil Science Dept.

10:50 – 12:00 pm Ground Cover
Toby Vinson, PE, Director of Sales and Marketing, Southern Seeding Service, Inc., Greensboro, Inc.

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 1:30 pm Field Tour Discussion
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

1:30-2:15 pm Erosion Control Plan for Utility Construction
Brooks Cole, CPESC, Environmental Consultant, Quartermaster Environmental, Shelby, NC

2:15 – 3:00 pm Innovations in New Check Dams
Ted Sherrod, PE, CPESC, CPSWQ, State Roadside Environmental Field Operations Engineer, NC Department of Transportation

3:00 pm Adjourn

Agenda for April 9-10, 2008, Hickory, NC

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

8:00 – 8:30 am Registration

8:30– 9:00 am Land Quality Update: Self Inspection Rule
Mell Nevils, Chief, NC DENR Division of Land Resources Land Quality Section (NC DENR DLR LQS)

9:00– 10:10 am Ground Cover
Toby Vinson, PE, Director of Sales and Marketing, Southern Seeding Service, Inc., Greensboro, Inc.

10:10– 10:40 am Break and Exhibits

10:40 – 11:10 am Installing and Maintaining Skimmers and Basins
Charles Brown, Stormwater Engineering Technician, Town of Cary
Engineering Department

11:10 – 11:40 am NPDES Stormwater Permit Self Inspection
Karen Higgins, Branch Training Coordinator, NCDENR Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch

11:40 – 12:00 pm Field Tour Introduction
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 5:00 pm Field Tour
Please wear appropriate field attire.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

8:30 – 8:45 am Opening Remarks
Hickory: Dr. J. William Miller, NC Sedimentation Control Commission Member, and Professor, UNC Asheville Environmental Studies

8:45 – 9:45 am Subdivision Erosion Control Plan Requirements
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, and Ashley Rodgers, State Sediment Education Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

9:45- 10:10 am When a Plan is Required for Lot Construction
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, and Ashley Rodgers, State Sediment Education Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

10:10-10:40 am Break and Exhibits

10:40– 11:10 am Mulching Options: Pay Now, or Pay Later
Rich McLaughlin, PhD, Associate Professor, NC State University Soil Science Dept.

11:10 – 11:25 am Manual and Web Update
Ashley Rodgers, EI, State Sediment Education Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

11:25– 12:00 pm When a Construction Site Becomes a Mine
Floyd Williams, PG, State Mining Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 1:30 pm Field Tour Discussion
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS

1:30-2:15 pm Erosion Control Plan for Utility Construction
Brooks Cole, CPESC, Environmental Consultant, Quartermaster Environmental, Shelby, NC

2:15 – 3:00 pm Innovations in New Check Dams
Ted Sherrod, PE, CPESC, CPSWQ, State Roadside Environmental Field Operations Engineer, NC Department of Transportation

3:00 pm Adjourn

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