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MPCA Smart Salting: Roads Certification Training Sept 24
MPCA Smart Salting Trainings offer winter maintenance pros ways to save money, time, and reduce salt safely!
This MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification Training offers more efficient winter maintenance best practices for plowing, deicing and anti-icing application, storage, and more. The chloride requirements in the 2020 MS4 permit will also be covered. Participants will learn how to integrate science with practical winter maintenance on roads while minimizing impacts on the environment.
Who should attend:
- City, county, or state plow drivers
- Private winter maintenance contractors and staff
- Those who supervise winter maintenance professionals
What you'll learn:
- Environmental impacts of chloride
- Plowing and physical removal
- Calculating application rates
- Equipment calibration
- Use real-time weather condition information more efficiently
- BMPs for storing materials
- De-icing and anti-icing
- Customer and staff educational resources
The MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification test will be offered at the end of training. Those that pass will be listed on the MPCA Smart Salting Training webpage. The certification is valid for five years.
Registration closes Thursday, September 10th at 5pm.
This is an in-person training, lunch is provided.
Training questions? Contact the MPCA Smart Salting Training Program smartsalting.pca@state.mn.us
This training is hosted by the MPCA Chloride Reduction and Dakota County. Funding for training development is provided by MPCA through the Clean Water Fund.
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Highlights
- 5 hours 30 minutes
- In person
Location
2800 160th St W
2800 160th Street West
Rosemount, MN 55068
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