Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) At Alta

9/27/2016

Ross Pippen, Associate I, is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC). He recently completed the comprehensive training program and passed the rigorous exam, which augmented his existing years of field experience in erosion control and stormwater planning. This certification requires years of proven project experience in the field. Congratulations Ross on passing the rigorous exam, earning the Certification, and adding to his other professional stormwater qualifications -- Ross Pippen, QISP, QSP, CISEC, CPESC.

What is a CPESC?

While working on sites like subdivisions, commercial sites, parks, other recreational areas, mixed use developments, highways, transmission lines (power, oil, and gas), farms, forests and surface mines CPESC team members are a resource which ensures your projects will: run according to regulation, be permitted efficiently and perform exceptionally. CPESC qualification identifies professionals who have a high-level of experience and technical knowledge. The program is significantly difficult and so reliant on collection of experience that a CPESC-IT (in training) designation has been established. This IT designation identifies professionals who are on the path to certification but who have the need for continued experience and professional development before they can achieve CPESC certification.

Certified Professionals in Erosion & Sediment Control have been trained and tested on each of these subjects and have proven their proficiency on subjects including but not limited to:

Regulations – Federal, State & Local
Permitting – types, authorities and methods
Permitting application requirements for – municipalities, construction activity and industrial activity
Erosion & Sediment Site Planning and Management including – resource planning, hazards associated with urban development, land development plans, scheduling and implementation
Predicting Soil Loss – via the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE)
Procedures for estimating Gross Erosion including – sheet, total and wind erosion
Runoff Management Planning and the associated equations and considerations to address: soil permeability, precipitation and hydrologic cycle
Soil Stabilization Mechanisms (Erosion Control) including: vegetation, bio-technical protection, soil tackifiers and stabilizers, turf reinforcement mats, hydraulically applied erosion control products, erosion control blankets and other related technologies.” (EnviroCert International— a certifying agency)

To learn more about Alta’s storm water services, please, give us a call 888-608-3010 at or email our Water Resources experts.

David Renfrew, QISP/ToR, QSD, CPSWQ, PMP, can be reached via email at david.renfrew@altaenviron.com.
Garth Engelhorn, QISP/ToR, CPSWQ, can be reached via email at garth.engelhorn@altaenviron.com.
Jacqueline McMillen, PE, QISP, can be reached via email at Jacqueline.McMillen@altaenviron.com.
Ross Pippen, QISP, QSP, CISEC, CPESC can be reached via email at ross.pippen@altaenviron.com.
Isabel Carvajal, QISP, can be reached at Isabel.Carvajal@altaenviron.com .
Adrian Lopez, QISP can be reached at Adrian.Lopez@altaenviron.com.