Understand the water pollution prevention requirements that apply to your organization, and explore effective strategies for compliance. The Clean Water Compliance Manager™ course is ideal for environmental professionals who are responsible for wastewater or stormwater discharge compliance, or general environmental compliance management.
“Good overall review of CWA and relevant regs.
Written materials are very thorough.”
- Richard Hingst, Chrysler LLC
This unique course presents water discharge permitting and restrictions in an understandable, structured, and logical format. Group discussions, breakout sessions, and discrete training modules are used to make the course interesting and engaging. Students are provided with handouts for each module, which provides references, examples of representative documents, and other useful tools.
“Solid reference materials for future use.”
- Michael Sweeney, US Mint
You will return from this course prepared to effectively address your organization’s water permit applications and related compliance challenges.
Topics Covered Include:
- Water quality law and regulation review
- Jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act
- NPDES permitting, including TBEL and WQBEL limits
- Technology based effluent limitations
- Water quality-based effluent limitations
- Pretreatment permits
- Section 404 permitting
- Underground injection control
- Groundwater protection regulations
- Obtaining, updating, and challenging permits
- Stormwater discharge permit compliance
- TMDLs, WET, Emerging Pollutants, and Other Hot Topics
- Compliance recordkeeping, monitoring, and enforcement
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Craig J. Schwartz, CHMM, CPEA, is an environmental regulatory compliance expert, with more than 20 years hands on experience assisting clients achieve and maintain compliance nationwide. He is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA). He has also achieved certification by the US Army Corps of Engineers as a wetland delineator, UST operator certifications in multiple states, several state-level sediment and erosion control certifications, pesticide manager certification, and RAB/QSA ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification training.
Craig formerly served as technical manager for the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Wetlands Information Hotline, program manager for USEPA Enforcement Support Services (ESS), project manager for the development of comprehensive environmental compliance audit protocols, and technical lead for hundreds of facility environmental plans and permit applications. Craig has supported more than 250 private companies and Federal agencies, ranging from steel mills to the US Army, and has led environmental compliance assistance audits for more than 350 facilities in 42 states, and has been approved by the USEPA as a third-party compliance evaluator.
Paul Miller is an environmental compliance and management expert with more than 23 years experience providing private organizations and clients environmental compliance, management, permitting, and training services. He has supported a wide range of private companies and Federal agencies, ranging from power plants to the US Navy.
Paul has effectively implemented environmental stewardship and compliance programs by capitalizing on his direct experience with facility oerations, engineering, and environmental, safety and health (ES&H) organizational sectors. He has organized and led custom training sessions, workshops, and client and public meetings on subjects including water, low impact design, sustainability, tank management, RCRA compliance, CERCLA compliance, and organizational emergency response planning.
Jim Slater is a certified planner throught the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a certified Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) through the Institute for Professional Environmental Practice. He has more than 30 years experience applying environmental planning, engineering, science, and resource management skills to facility operations, energy development, resource management, and environmental compliance. He is an expert in the management of MS4 and TMDL compliance and is experienced with life cycle analysis, environmental management system (EMS), and sustainability planning. Jim has brings his experience managing Federal and state compliance with NEPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Superfund, and other legislation, for several organizations.
Jim also served for nearly 20 years as the Director of the Department of Natural Resource Protection for Carroll County, Maryland, directing a variety of regulatory programs including solid waste management, water resource management, and storm water management. He also served as principal author of a county-wide solid waste management plan and as compliance officer, providing inter-agency compliance assistance support in a variety of environmental regulatory programs. Jim has extensive experience with water quality regulation, including both NPDES and TMDL programs. He has also been directly involved with water quality criteria management, with more than 15 years experience as county TMDL coordinator.
