Fall 2007 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshops: Agenda

September 25-26, 2007
City Hotel & Bistro
Greenville, NC

October 30-31, 2007
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).

Workshop Objectives:

• Familiarize yourself with updates to the SPCA and design guidelines
• Understand the plan review process and the keys to success
• Review the basin design considerations for common plan features
• Learn about latest technologies for erosion and sedimentation control
• Receive updates on stormwater issues

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 25, and October 30, 2007

8:00-8:30 am Registration

8:30-8:45 am Opening Remarks
Greenville: Richard Vick, NC Sedimentation Control Commission Member, and Vice-president, ST Wooten Corporation, Wilson, NC
Hickory: Grover McPherson, NC Sedimentation Control Commission Member

8:45-9:15 am Land Quality Update
Mell Nevils, PE, NC DENR Division of Land Resource (DLR) Land Quality Section (LQS)

9:15-10:15 am Runoff Calculations – Win TR 55
Sherman Biggerstaff, Planning Engineer, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

• NRCS Hydrology Equations
• WinTR 55 Tutorial
• WinTR 55 Class Example

10:15-10:45 am Break and Exhibits

10:45-11:30 am Open Channel Design
Greenville: Gray Hauser, State Sediment Specialist, NCDENR DLR LQS
Hickory: Jan Patterson, PE, CPESC, Extension Associate, NC State University Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department

11:30-12:00 pm Culvert Selection
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NC DENR DLR LQS

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-1:45 pm
Greenville: Level Spreaders
Annette Lucas, Stormwater and Wetland Coordinator, NC DENR Division of Water Quality 401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit

Hickory: Step Pool Energy Dissipaters
Andrew Bick, PE, Baker Engineering

1:45-2:30 pm Alternative Check Dams and Polyacrilamide for Water Quality
Scott King, Extension Associate, NC State University Soil Science Department

2:30-3:00 pm Break and Exhibits

3:00-3:30 pm NPDES Phase II Stormwater Rules for Post Construction
Greenville: Mike Randall, Environmental Engineer, and William H. Diuguid, AICP, Community Planner, NCDENR DWQ Stormwater Permitting Unit
Hickory: Mike Randall, Environmental Engineer, NCDENR DWQ Stormwater Permitting Unit

• Post Construction Stormwater (Randall)
• Phase II Model Ordinance (Diuguid)
• Diagram
• Post Construction Flyer
• Session Law 2006-246

3:30-4:15 pm Stormwater BMP Manual Update
Kelly Johnson, Environmental Engineer, N.C. Division of Water Quality Stormwater Permitting Unit

4:15-4:30 pm Day 1 Wrap up

Wednesday, September 26, and October 31, 2007

8:30-9:15 am Express Permitting and Review, and Financial Responsibility Ownership (FRO) Completion
Greenville: Ricky Peed, Assistant Regional Engineer, NCDENR DLR LQS Staff Washington Regional Office
Hickory: Scott Harrell, Assistant Regional Engineer, NCDENR DLR LQS Mooresville Regional Office

9:15-10:15 am Integrating Elements of Plan Design
Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, NC DENR DLR LQS

10:00-10:30 am Break and Exhibits

10:30-11:15 am Panel Discussion: Common Reasons for Disapproval of Erosion Control Plans
Greenville: Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, John Holley, PE, Raleigh Regional Engineer, Pat McClain, Washington Regional Engineer, Dan Sams, Wilmington Regional Engineer, Chastity Clark, Wilmington, NCDENR DLR LQS
Hickory: Gray Hauser, PE, State Sediment Specialist, Zahid Khan, PE, Mooresville Regional Engineer, Janet Boyer, PE, Asheville Regional Engineer, NCDENR DLR LQS

11:15-12:15 pm Sediment and Erosion Control for Stream Restoration
Wyatt Brown, Soil & Erosion Control Engineer II, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

12:15-1:15 pm Lunch

1:15-2:15 pm Natural Channel Design
Greenville: Kevin Tweedy, PE, Senior Engineer, Baker Engineering NY, Inc., Cary, NC
Hickory: Andrew Bick, PE, Baker Engineering, Asheville, NC

2:15-3:00 pm

Greenville: Streambank Stabilization and Vegetative Cover
Karen Hall, Water Quality Extension Associate, Riparian Biologist, NC State Unviersity Water Quality Group
Hickory: Evaluating Sediment Capture Rates for Different Sediment Basin Designs
Melanie Markusic, Extension Associate, NC State University Soil Science Department

3:00-3:15 pm Break

3:15-4:00 pm Basin Design
Ashley Rodgers, EI, State Sediment Education Specialist, NC DENR DLR LQS

4:00-4:15 pm Discussion and Concluding Remarks

4:15 pm Adjourn

Sponsored by:

• N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission
• Land Quality Section, Division of Land Resources, N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
• Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina

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