Stormwater Management Training

Let UA SafeState guide you through the process. Most construction sites, and nearly all industrial sites, are required by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to manage stormwater runoff from their sites. While stormwater regulations appear complicated, our training and environmental compliance assistance programs can help you be ready for ADEM stormwater inspections.

Two NEW training courses:

Construction Stormwater: Permitting and Management
Industrial Stormwater Management

Construction Stormwater: Permitting and Management

Learn about the new Alabama General Permit for construction stormwater discharges which is NOW EFFECTIVE.

You will learn:
• How you will obtain coverage under the new General Permit
• The new turbidity monitoring requirement.
Our construction stormwater training program, which can be conducted either at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa or on your site and can be tailored to your specific needs, include these topics:

  • Erosion/siltation/sedimentation
  • Stormwater regulation – EPA and ADEM
  • Benefits of effective stormwater management
  • Low Impact Development (LID)
  • Permitting -
    • Activities requiring a permit
    • Why discharges are controlled by permit
    • How to apply for a general permit
  • MS4s
  • Basic elements of all Construction Best Management Practice Plans (CBMPPs)
  • Best Management Practices – inspection and maintenance
  • Construction stormwater inspections and recordkeeping
  • Stream protection –
    • Tier I Watershed protection
    • ONRW protection
    • Projects with stream relocation, alteration, diversion
  • TMDLs -
    • Turbidity
    • Siltation
    • Sedimentation

Industrial Stormwater Management

All industrial sites in Alabama are required to control stormwater discharges from their property and processes through Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans. Our industrial stormwater training program, which can be conducted either at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa or on your site and can be tailored to your specific needs, include these topics:

  • Applicability of ISW NPDES program
  • Permitting
  • EPA and ADEM regulations
  • Categories of permitted industrial activities
  • EPA MSG permit
  • ADEM’s general permit
    • Sampling frequency and parameters
    • Pollutants requiring monitoring
    • Effluent limitation impacting 6 industries
  • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan/Best Management Practices (SPPP/BMPs)
    • Elements, examples, inspections
    • Non-compliance: what do you do?
  • Discharge reporting requirements
  • Records retention and production
  • Notifications

Register for Stormwater Management Training

Compliance assistance

We can also come to your site and provide detailed consultative assistance to get you in compliance with the stormwater regulations, allowing you to focus on your business and leave regulatory compliance to the experts. For details, please contact Larry Overstreet at 205-348-8406 or loverstreet@ccs.ua.edu