MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification Training

MPCA  Smart  Salting Training Program

MPCA Smart Salting Trainings offer winter maintenance pros ways to save money, time, and reduce salt safely!

Dakota Lodge

This <a href="https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/smart-salting-training" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MPCA Smart Salting</a> for Roads Certification Training class offers more efficient winter maintenance best practices for plowing, de-icing and anti-icing application, storage, and more. The new chloride requirements in the recently released 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.This training is in-person at the Dakota Lodge in West St. Paul. Refreshments will be provided. Who should attend:<ul><li>City, county, or state plow drivers</li><li>Private winter maintenance contractors and staff</li><li>Those who supervise winter maintenance professionals</li></ul>What you&#x27;ll learn:<ul><li>Environmental impacts of chloride </li><li>Plowing and physical removal</li><li>Calculating application rates </li><li>Equipment calibration</li><li>Use real-time weather condition information more efficiently</li><li>BMPs for storing materials</li><li>De-icing and anti-icing</li><li>Customer and staff educational resources</li></ul>Earn the MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification and be listed on the <a href="http://bit.ly/smartsaltingtraining" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MPCA Smart Salting Training webpage</a>. The online test is offered at the end of training and participants are provided 1 hour to complete the test online. The certification is valid for five years.MPCA permittees are allowed registration preference. If the training exceeds capacity, those that are not permittees will be put on a waitlist and notified accordingly. Training questions? Contact Paula Liepold at paula.liepold@co.dakota.mn.us or Angie Hong atThis training is sponsored by Dakota County, Washington County (with funding provided through the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment, distributed by the Board of Soil and Water Resources) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (with funding provided by Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment and Environmental and Natural Resource Trust Fund).

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