The following courses are available from the Environment and Planning Program. A schedule will be published when it becomes available.
Erosion and Sediment Control from Highway Construction Sites assists design, construction, maintenance, environmental, and inspection personnel in the implementation of the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). Courses can be individualized from the following sections:
- Overview of Regulatory Framework
- Introduces the regulations that stem from the Clean Water Act, explains the delegation of authority from the federal level the state level and explains the primary regulatory permit documents for storm water discharges associated with construction activities.
- Principles of Erosion
- Discusses the different types of erosion and how to minimize the effects of accelerated erosion from construction activity.
- Erosion Control BMPs
- Explores the full range of best management practices (BMP) to minimize erosion on construction sites.
- Sediment Control and Runoff Management
- Deals with measures used to affect sediment controls on construction sites.
- Project managers, inspectors and contractors gain understanding of the importance of properly installed and maintained BMPs throughout the construction process.
- Erosion and Sediment Control Materials Demonstration
- Product samples
- Installation demonstrations at the Hydraulics, Sedimentation and Erosion Control Laboratory (HSECL)
- Construction Site Management and Inspection
- Intended specifically for inspectors, technicians, contractor job superintendents and other field personnel.
- Discusses the contents of a typical SWPPP, how it is to be implemented, and maintenance expectations of specific BMPs over the course of the construction project.
- Includes non-structural issues in the SWPPP that are often overlooked and can lead to work stoppages and citations.
- Stormwater Pollution Protection Plan
- Planning for erosion and sediment control
- Site analysis of site conditions
- Design considerations
- Regulatory overview
- SWPPP development
- Select erosion and sediment control BMPs
- SWPPP Implementation/TPDES Enforcement
- Inspection and Management
- Develop an erosion and sediment control plan as a group exercise
Low Impact Development introduces the principle, benefits, management and design of low impact development (LID) techniques for stormwater management. Courses can be individualized from the following sections:
- Regulatory Overview
- Limitations of Conventional Stormwater Management
- Overview of LID Philosophy, Principles and Practices
- LID Hydrologic Analysis
- LID Site Planning
- LID Site Design and Management Practices
- LID Public Participation and Pollution Prevention
- Economic / Environmental Benefits of LID – Case Studies
- New Technology and Roadblocks to Implementation
- Hands-on design and implementation the HSECL
Context Sensitive Solutions focuses on the concept of context sensitive solutions (CSS) as applied to transportation facilities. It is particularly oriented toward CSS applications to facilitate community acceptance of mobility improvement projects.
- Discusses the purpose and benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS)
- Provides an understanding of CSS principles
- Provides knowledge of when and how to use CSS
- Identifies and describes how CSS relates to the transportation planning process
- See how CSS works in actual practice
- Identifies how local, state, and federal agencies can work together
- Provides encouragement to practice CSS