CEC/ETC

Air Compliance Challenges

You’ll learn how to manage the ongoing compliance responsibilities of your air permit once it is issued. Topics to be discussed from the perspective of the many industries CEC serves will include monitoring, performance testing, recordkeeping, and reporting. Practical aids to help you understand complex and evolving air quality regulations will also be discussed.

Air Quality Permitting & Compliance

You’ll learn answers to the questions: Why are air permits required? What goes into getting air permits? How do I comply with my permit? And, what other air compliance topics could affect my business?

Civil Site Development 101

You’ll learn the basic concepts of surveying, jurisdictional waters, geotechnical engineering, and civil engineering. We’ll explain how to combine information from these services to create your project and how each service can affect the site design and permitting requirements.

Clean Water Act & NPDES Overview

You’ll learn the basics of water regulations, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) plans; Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP); and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans. We cover regulations at the federal level and the state level.

Endangered Species Act Compliance

You’ll learn about the content of ESA, other related state and federal laws, alternative pathways to ensure compliance, and so much more!

Intro to Environmental Regulations

You’ll learn about compliance with permits and applicable regulations (air, water, waste, and spill responses). New environmental managers, plant managers, and operations managers, this course is for you!

Intro to NEPA & Environmental Justice

You’ll learn about the history and importance of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and how to properly comply with its procedures! We will also discuss Environmental Justice (EJ) and what federal actions have been enacted to address EJ in minority and low-income populations.

Intro to Cultural Resources

You’ll learn about focusing on regulatory strategies for consideration of our nation’s cultural resources and will be provided with an understanding of what triggers cultural resources studies and how they are performed. Specific resource types and their importance will also be discussed with some interesting examples.

Intro to ESG/Sustainability

You’ll learn about the origins of corporate sustainability and what ESG means in today’s marketplace. We’ll introduce you to a variety of environmental-focused actions being taken by organizations in response to sustainability initiatives and resilience incentives. The course will conclude with a discussion about projects CEC has performed in this area.

Intro to Stream & Wetland Delineation

You’ll learn the basic concepts of jurisdictional waters (streams and wetlands) identification and delineation, what indicators are used by regulators to define streams and wetlands, what distinguishes waters from uplands or exempt non-jurisdictional features, and why pre-construction delineations are important for due diligence and compliance!

Sampling & Managing Environmental Data

You’ll learn the “what,” “how,” and “why” of key aspects of environmental sampling, and the importance of properly managing your environmental data.

Solar Development 101

You’ll learn about solar development issues and challenges and hear about case studies associated with solar development on landfills!

You’ll receive a certificate for continuing education contact hours upon completion of an assessment quiz following each course. The number of continuing education contact hours is based on the duration of the course.

Interested in learning about a topic that is not listed above? Drop us a line if you have a suggestion or submit a post-class survey to let us know how we can assist you!