Stormwater Compliance Seminar Schedule 2025

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
9 – 10 a.m.
I. Introduction, Purpose, and Helpful Stormwater References

Dan Plant
Metal Technologies, Inc., Auburn, IN

a) Introductions of course attendees
b) EPA Guidance Documents and Fact Sheets 
c) State References
d) Vendor Lists
e) Class Materials Summary
10 – 10:45 a.m.
II. Fundamentals of the Clean Water Act

Larry Bowers
Retired, Fernandina Beach, FL

a) Stream use designation
b) Water quality standards
c) User impairments
d) Anti-degradation
E) Effluent vs. water quality-based limits
f) Opportunity for third-party involvement
10:45 – 11 a.m.
Break
11 – 11:30 a.m.
III. NPDES Stormwater Permits

Curtis Veit
Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI

a) Types of permits

  • General (Industrial multi-sector and construction permits)
  • Individual

b) EPA's Multi-Sector General Permit

  • Applicability and effect on state agencies
  • Potentially applicable sectors for the foundry industry
  • Basic requirements
  • 2021 vs 2024 proposed
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
V. Comparing States to the 2024 EPA Multi-Sector General Permit

*State covered will reflect student attendance.  Register by April 1st to have your state included.

Mike Blankestyn
TRC, Lakewood, OH
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.
IV. Stormwater Permit Compliance

Jim Alvarez
Keramida Inc., Indianapolis, IN 

a) Non-numeric technology-based effluent limits 
b) Benchmarks and data-comparison 
c) Visual evaluations 
d) Inspections 
e) Reporting and recordkeeping 
f) Non-stormwater discharges 
g) Corrective actions and the iterative process 
h) When is enough truly enough? 
i) Common compliance pitfalls 
j) Frequently asked questions  
2:45 – 3 p.m.
Break
3 – 3:30 p.m.
Emerging Issues

Curtis Veit
Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI 

a) Federal Stormwater Association Update 
b) PFAS  
c) EJ
3:30 p.m.
Question & Answer
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
9 – 10 a.m.
VI. SWPPP Development

Larry Bowers
Retired, Fernanda Beach, FL 

a) Introduction to the AFS SWPPP resources and tools 
b) Identification of outfalls 
c) Identification and status of receiving waters 
d) Identification of pollutants and pollutant sources 
e) Identification of allowable non-stormwater discharges 
f) Selection of BMPS 
g) Inspection requirements 
h) Monitoring requirements 
i) Corrective action process 
j) Training 
k) Recordkeeping requirements
10 – 10:30 a.m.
VII. Typical Foundry Pollutants and Sources

Mike Blankestyn
TRC, Lakewood, OH

 
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
VIII. Stormwater Sampling

Amanda Fedorko
Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co., Oakboro, NC 

a) Locations 
b) Sampling procedures 
c) Methods of analysis
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
IX. Best Management Practices

Larry Bowers
Retired, Fernanda Beach, FL

a) Non-structural controls

  • Operational
  • Administrative
  • Source Elimination

b) Fundamentals of stormwater pollutant removal

c) Cost-effective temporary controls

d) Stormwater structural controls

  • Hydrodynamic separators
  • Filter systems
  • Low impact development (LID) methods
  • Ponds
  • Wetland treatment systems

e) Defining “Best Industry Practices”
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
XI. Construction Stormwater Overview

 
Donovan Wilczynski
Keramida, Inc., Indianapolis, IN 

a) Applicability 
b) Definition of disturbance 
c) Definition of a project (piecemeal) 
d) NOI and SWPPP development
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
X. Real Foundry Example Problems

Utilize knowledge gained from this course and apply it to presented foundry scenarios. Identify things such as applicability of a general stormwater permit, compliance status, corrective action requirements, and determine BMPs, etc.
3 p.m.
XII. Final Q & A Session