Indiana Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management

WEBCAST: MUNICIPAL STORMWATER SELF-AUDIT: A HOW-TO GUIDE

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Description: Can your stormwater management program endure the storm?

Large municipalities have been under stormwater permits in some cases for over 15 years, while many smaller municipalities are nearing the end of their first 5-year permit term. To ensure that these municipalities are complying with their permit requirements, EPA and some States have been conducting audits to assess compliance.

How can you, as a municipal stormwater program manager prepare for these EPA audits and minimize your risk? By conducting your own audit!

Important topics to be addressed include:

Why EPA conducts municipal stormwater audits
What EPA typically looks for during audits
Lessons learned from past EPA audits
How and why you should conduct a self-audit of your stormwater program
Tools to use during your self audit.

This program has been approved for 0.2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program.

Speaker: John Kosco, P.E., CPESC
A principal engineer with Tetra Tech, John has led a team who has conducted MS4 audits of over 150 different municipal stormwater programs. He was the author of EPA’s Municipal Stormwater Evaluation Guide and leads Tetra Tech’s support to EPA’s stormwater program.

Speaker: John Tinger
An environmental engineer with EPA Region IX in San Francisco, John has conducted a number of municipal stormwater audits and has trained EPA and state inspectors on how to conduct an audit.

Speaker: Lisa Knerr
An environmental scientist with Tetra Tech, Lisa has conducted municipal stormwater audits for EPA and has helped cities conduct self-audit of their stormwater programs.

Speaker: Jim Weber
Since 1985, Jim Weber has been involved with Municipal Engineering He has worked for communities in Connecticut and Colorado with populations ranging from 7,000 to 50,000. Jim has held various positions in his career from a Staff Engineer to Director of Public Works and is currently a Special Projects Manager for the City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Jim has been involved in all aspects of municipal engineering from sidewalks, road designs, water, wastewater and stormwater systems to water rights and supply and water/wastewater treatment facilities.

During his tenure Jim has worked with many community organizations and regulatory agencies to fulfill the expectations and obligations of the various municipalities. Jim received his BS in Civil Engineering from Tri State University in 1982 and is a member of APWA and ASCE.