What training records does my SWPPP have to hold?
The federal permit requires the stormwater team and the inspectors to be trained and the training records to be kept with the plan (Part 6.2–6.3); SwpppDraft provides no training and does not verify it.
Two different training questions
The federal requirement above is about the people implementing and inspecting. Separately, four states put a training requirement on the person *preparing* the plan: Maine and Montana want an open-enrolment certificate first, and Minnesota and Indiana accept broader or in-house training.
Keep the evidence in both cases. A training requirement with no record is indistinguishable from no training.
Where the records live
With the plan. Part 7.2.11 makes the SWPPP the folder that holds the inspection reports, the corrective action log and the training records together.
Questions people ask
- Is in-house training enough?
- Federally the requirement is training, not a credential, so in-house training with a record can satisfy it — and Indiana says so expressly for the plan signer. Maine and Montana are the states where it is not enough for the preparer.
- Does SwpppDraft provide the training?
- No. It is a document generator; it neither trains anybody nor checks whether they were trained.
The states this question turns on
- Montana SWPPP requirements — Montana requires SWPPP preparers to hold a certification from a DEQ-approved course; the course has no degree or licence prerequisite.
- Maine SWPPP requirements — Maine requires the preparer to hold a DEP certification in erosion control practices — an open-enrolment course, not a licence.
- Minnesota SWPPP requirements — Minnesota requires the person preparing the SWPPP to be trained, but accepts training from any agency, professional organisation or other entity with expertise.
- Indiana SWPPP requirements — Indiana requires the SWP3 to be signed by a "trained individual", a disjunctive definition that annual in-house training already satisfies.
The documents this affects
Other questions
- Who can prepare a SWPPP?
- Which states require a licensed professional to prepare a SWPPP?
- Which states make you take a course before writing a SWPPP?
- Does my site need a licensed professional even though my state allows self-preparation?
- What acreage thresholds change SWPPP requirements?
Check your state and build a draft
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Source: EPA 2022 Construction General Permit (as modified), Part 6.2–6.3, read 2026-08-04. County and city rules are not covered.
What we are, and what stays your responsibility
- SwpppDraft is a document generation tool. It does not provide engineering services, legal services, or compliance consulting, and no engineer or attorney reviews what it produces.
- Everything in the document is built from the site facts you enter. Checking that those facts are right, and that the resulting plan fits your project, is yours to do.
- We do not file anything on your behalf, we do not certify or endorse your compliance, and we accept no liability for what happens when you use the document.
- State-level requirements carry the date we verified them. County and city rules are not covered — some local jurisdictions require a licensed preparer even where the state does not, and you have to check that yourself.
- When the product opens, our total liability will be capped at the amount you paid us. Today that amount is zero, because nothing is for sale.