When airports are considering expanding or improving their stormwater facilities, conducting a benefit-cost analysis helps illuminate options and prioritize investments. TRB is hosting a webinar on Monday, March 16 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will highlight the steps airports can take to evaluate and promote environmentally friendly approaches to stormwater management. The presenters will discuss experiences airports have had with stormwater fees and their approach for mitigating them. They will also explore how to optimize stormwater fee credits, exemptions, fee recovery, and negotiations with utilities.

The webinar features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 208: Benefit-Cost Analyses Guidebook for Airport Stormwater and Research Report 193: Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees.

This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar; however, sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar Presenters:

• Richard Krop, The Cadmus Group
• Mary Ellen Tuccillo, The Cadmus Group
• Jamie Rooke, The Cadmus Group
• James Jolley, The Cadmus Group

Moderated by: Casey Ries, Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority

 Webinar Outline ​

1. Approaches airports have used to mitigate local stormwater utility fees
2. How the guidebook can be used to evaluate stormwater projects
3. How to evaluate and promote environmentally friendly alternative approaches to stormwater management
4. Various issues that airports are facing across the country and innovative approaches they are using to address potential problems
5. How airports could use benefit-cost analyses to identify, select, and promote effective stormwater management practices
6. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

• Discuss how local stormwater utility fees are structured and how they apply to airports
• Describe approaches for remaining informed about and communicating effectively with local stormwater utilities
• Identify basic benefit-cost analytical approaches to evaluating stormwater projects at airports
• Identify qualitative approaches for incorporating non-monetary benefits and costs in the evaluation of stormwater projects

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will provide 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attend this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits 

This webinar is approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session. 
 
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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.