Minnesota Managing a Successful SPMP Recert Program

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Managing a Successful SPMP Program Overview

This course is designed to provide concepts and steps behind building a successful Stormwater Planned Maintenance Program (SPMP) for multiple sites across a wide range of regulatory compliance areas.

This course will begin by providing an overview of the five (5) steps to manage a successful SPMP, and then provide details, case studies, example scenarios, and photos of the tasks within each step.

The (5) Steps include:

Awareness – Regulatory and Public Response
Identify – Types of Systems
Inventory – Stormwater Assets and Structures
Assess – Condition of Systems
Implement – Planned Maintenance Program

Intended Audience

Agency Regulators and Staff
Professional Engineers
Municipal Stormwater Managers
Industrial Facility Managers
Retail Property Owners
Multisite Property Operators
Owner/Operator of any Construction Activity (based on requirements below)
Non-regulatory 3rd Party Inspectors
Civil Consultants/Students
Environmental Consultants/Students
Landowners, Permittees and Construction Site Operators

Curriculum: Managing a Successful Stormwater Planned Maintenance Program (SPMP)

This course is designed to provide concepts and steps behind building a successful Stormwater Planned Maintenance Program (SPMP) for multiple sites across a wide range of regulatory compliance areas.

Learning Objectives

Describe the tasks involved in the five (5) steps to manage a successful Stormwater Planned Maintenance Program (SPMP).
Acknowledge regulatory requirements from the EPA and local enforcement through case studies.
Be aware of public perception effects of stormwater design and maintenance.
Use site plans to identify the three (3) categories of stormwater systems.
Inventory stormwater assets and structures.
Assess systems for repairs and maintenance through analysis questions and common maintenance issues.
Identify the cost of neglect of stormwater systems and maintenance required.
Use technology aids to successfully implement and manage a SPMP.