2021 Water Quality Compliance Workshop

The North Carolina Water Quality Compliance Workshop is being conducted online in 2021 to avoid mass gathering in the midst of Coronavirus Pandemic conditions. The event provides an COVID-free setting to meet state regulatory personnel and discuss permitting and compliance matters that may impact your operations in the coming year.

The staffs of the North Carolina Division of Water Resources (DWR) and Division of Energy Mining and Land Resources (DEMLR) will help you understand the laws, regulations and Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) expectations to help your organization develop the most effective compliance strategies and control costs.

The agenda provides plenty of time for questions during each presentation. Attendees with specific questions prior to the workshop can also submit those questions anonymously to NCMA to be included in the day's discussions.

You will have the opportunity to submit any questions for the workshop, when registering online.

Workshop Topics

Presenters

The Workshop will be presented by the staffs from the North Carolina Division of Water Resources and Division of Energy, Minerals, and Land Resources.

Presenters include: Danny Smith (Director, DWR)• Drew Hargrove (DEQ Office of General Counsel) • Chris Ventaloro (Industrial Hygiene Consultant, Water Planning Section) • Julie Grzyb (Deputy Director, DWR) • Mike Montebello (Program Manager, WQ Permitting) • Jeff Poupart (Chief, WQ Permitting Section) • Bridget Flaherty Shelton (GW Quality Standards Coordinator, Rules Review Branch) • Rick Bolich (Asst. Regional Supervisor, Raleigh Regional Office) • Nathaniel Thornburg (Supervisor, Non-Discharge) • Annette Lucas (Stormwater Supervisor, DEMLR) • Toby Vinson (Program Operations Chief, DEMLR) • Tom Tharrington (Asst. Regional Supervisor, Wilmington Regional Office) • Landon Davidson (Asheville Regional Office Supervisor) • Corey Basinger (Mooresville Regional Office Supervisor) • Lon Snider (Winston-Salem Regional Office Supervisor) • Scott Vinson (Raleigh Regional Office Supervisor) • Morella Sanchez King (Wilmington Regional Office Supervisor)

Cost

Standard Registration - $175

NCMA Member Registration - $150

Late Registration (After February 17, 2021) - $225

CEUs

This workshop has been approved to provide 6 hours of continuing education credit by the North Carolina Water Pollution Control Operators Certification Commission (WPCSOCC) as course no. CE01212107 and by the North Carolina Water Treatment Facility Operators Certification Board (WTFOCB) as course no. 210009.

A Word about Shared Screen Viewing...

Sometimes attendees who are together at a worksite ask to participate as a group at one screen in a conference or training room equipped with multimedia options. For those seeking Water/Wastewater operator continuing education or professional growth hours, we are under strict requirements to maintain visual contact with each attendee and periodically communicate one-on-one to ensure 100% contact for the 6 hours that have been approved.

We are unable to maintain the requirements of our CE/PGH approval in a shared screen viewing arrangement. Attendees would need to sit closer than 6 feet apart (social distancing) for visibility and would need to somehow have individual access to the zoom chat module to interact with workshop proctors.

In order to maintain the integrity of our workshop commitment to the WPSOCC and WTFOCB, anyone seeking CEUs/PGHs for water/wastewater operators should plan to participate at an individual screen with their camera on and chat screen active for one-on-one communication.

Additional Information

For Additional Information Contact: Donna Pittman at donna.pittman@myncma.org or 919-834-9459