PACD Co-hosts Engineering Training

Written by Shannon Wehinger on March 13, 2026. Posted in Events

Photo of conservation district and PACD participants taken by Linda Mackey.

On March 10, 2026, PACD and the PA Society of Professional Engineers, in conjunction with the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), hosted an Engineers Workshop: Permitting and Compliance Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Chapter 102. One hundred and thirty attendees met in Middletown, PA, for the daylong training.

The presentations will be available on the Clean Water Academy for conservation district access, including:

• Chapter 102 Compliance and Enforcement
  Krista Brown, DEP Bureau of Clean Water, and Linda Mackey, DEP
• E&S Sequence of Construction – Best practices and lessons learned
  Luke Graver, DEP Bureau of Clean Water, Bill Himes, PE DEP Bureau of Clean Water
• ABACT vs. Standard E&S Controls
  Matt Gordon – Allegheny County Conservation District
• PCSM MRC Facilities Design
  Amanda Hess, Villanova, and Len Bradley, PE, NSPE, CSI RGS Associates