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Attention: LRPs, Project Managers, Engineers, General Contractors, Environmental Managers, Project Estimators, QSPs, QSDs, CPESCs, CISECs Join us for any or all of our four-part series of informative webinars, specifically designed to provide essential education for successfully managing the 2022 California Construction General Permit (CGP). These webinars are tailored for professionals in construction and environmental management. Webinar Schedule: 7/31: Overview of Managing the Cost of Compliance/September 1st Issues: Transition Requirements (What, Why & How Much) & Annual Reports 8/6: Crossing the Threshold: The 2022 CGP for the QSD 8/13: Crossing ...

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Craig Benson recognized for his excellence in the field with the IECA Presenter of the Year award, will share his expertise in an upcoming webinar. This event is a fantastic opportunity for professionals to gain insight into developing and implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for sediment and turbidity. With his extensive experience and over 40 years in practice ( with over 400 projects under his belt). Benson's guidance is invaluable for those looking to enhance their understanding of environmental compliance and watershed management. More details and registration - https://www.wcieca.org/events/TMDLwebinar .

Attention planners, developers, sediment and erosion control professionals, If you have dry-season BMPs, attend this webinar emphasizing the summer-related issues you should know about. The objective of this class is to review common BMPs that are required year-round , with a specific emphasis on unique summer (dry season)-related issues. • Using a modified SWOT analysis model, each BMP will be discussed in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities (alternatives), and threats specific to summer (dry season)-related issues, e.g., heat, solar degradation, wind, and increased dry season earth disturbance activity. • The 2022 Construction ...

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Western Chapter Members, It’s been a fun first quarter of my tenure as Western Chapter President. As we are a member-supported organization it’s my belief that we as a Chapter need to be member-responsive and provide you as many benefits as possible to maintain and grow our membership. We have a great Board of Directors at your disposal, and I hope that you all take advantage of our talents and expertise to help you grow both professionally and personally. I will use my energy in this first year to work to grow our membership and work with Directors and staff to bring the best possible webinars and in-person training ...

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Melanie Sotelo – The presenter of this webinar did a great job outlining the key differences and providing information on the new requirements that QSPs will be required to implement with the new CGP as of September 1st, 2023. Did you see the webinar? Do you have any comments or requests for future topics? Let me know. Go here to see the details of the webinar or to purchase it.

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Our NEW Higher Logic Website will be a one-stop shop for everyone's education/information, services, etc. You can see all our chapter info, plus IECA's info, IECA Connect and interact with the board and members from one page! Brilliant. Plus, with baked-in SEO, revamped blogs, discussions, and all the events, it will surely draw more traffic with excellent features to promote the chapter & IECA in one swoop. Woo Hoo! I am very thankful the IECA has given its Chapters this remarkable, affordable website option with the support of Heather Gravning! Here is the link to the website https://connect.ieca.org/westerniecachapter/home . Get on our ...