The NETI eLearning Center, NETI’s Adobe Connect-based Learning Management System, provides online eLearning, live webinar, and classroom training opportunities to environmental enforcement personnel (including government inspectors, the legal community, and investigators) in federal, state, tribal and local governments.

Training for Federal, State, and Tribal Governments Personnel

NETI eLearning Center Account Registration

Instructions to register for a NETI eLearning Center Account 

EPA personnel may use their Adobe Connect user ID (EPA email address) and password to access the NETI eLearning Center Training Catalog. Obtain or reset your password.

Federal (non-EPA), state, local, and tribal personnel may register for a NETI eLearning Center account to access the Training Catalog.

Available Courses

• Upcoming Classroom Courses and Live Webinars
  Overview of OECA and the Criminal Enforcement Program
  Join OECA Attorney James Morgan for an informative an introduction to EPA’s criminal enforcement program.

  • When:  Friday, October 16, 2015
  • Time:  11:30 am -1:00 pm EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226
  • Registration:   Overview of OECA and the Criminal Enforcement Program Webinar

  CWA Coffee Break  “30 Minute” Series

  CAFOs --- What are Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)?  What are some of the possible environmental problems at CAFOs? What are some of the impediments to effective violation detection and enforcement at CAFOs? Did your lunch today likely grow up at a CAFO? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this session. Presenters: Kathy Greenwald and Melissa Katz, EPA HQ, OECA, Office of Civil Enforcement.

  • When:  Wednesday, October 21, 2015
  • Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am, EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, 7208 WJCS​

  The Toxic Substances Control Act
  Join EPA attorney, Mark Garvey as he discusses topics from PCB’s Asbestos and Residential Lead Paint to nanotechnology and green chemistry. TSCA’s broad reach has implications for domestic producers, importers and anyone who manufactures, buys or uses chemicals or chemical substances.

  • When:  Friday, October 23, 2015 
  • Time:  11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226  
  • Registration: The Toxic Substances Control Act                    

  CWA Coffee Break  “30 Minute” Series
  Wetlands --- How does EPA regulate wetlands? What’s the importance of wetlands ecologically? If you wanted to fill in that swampland to build your tennis courts, what Statutes and regulations would apply? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this session. Presenter: EPA Attorney, JT Morgan. 

  • When:  Wednesday, October 28, 2015   
  • Time:   10:00 am - 10:30 am EST.   
  • Classroom:  HQ, 7208 WJCS

  Statistics Academy - Hard Talk on Data Quality Objectives
  If the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) process really works, why isn’t it more widely used? Some truths (and misconceptions) are examined and solutions sought. Presenters: EPA Statisticians: John Warren and Barry Nussbaum.

  • When: Thursday, October 29, 2015 
  • Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am EST.
  • Classroom:  HQ, 7208 WJCS​

  The Clean Air Act: It’s Not Necessarily Gone With the Wind

  Join EPA Expert Mario Jorquera and Attorney Theresa Dykes for an in-depth assessment of one of the most far reaching environmental statutes administered by EPA – from tail pipe emissions to major stationary sources.  Webinar.

  • When:  Friday, October 30, 2015  
  • Time:  11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226
  • Registration: The Clean Air Act: It’s Not Necessarily Gone With the Wind           

  Uncle Sam as Polluter?  Enforcement Activities at Federal Facilities

  Federal installations from the Department of Defense military installations to your corner Post Office must comply with federal environmental law through a series of Executive Orders and federal statutes. Join Sally Dalzell and Gracie Garcia Pendleton as they explain the process to ensure compliance at our federal facilities.

  • When: Thursday, November 5, 2015 
  • Time:  11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226  
  • Registration:  Uncle Sam as Polluter?  Enforcement Activities at Federal Facilities                ​

  Superfund: Cleaning up Contaminated Sites
  Join EPA, OSRE’s Senior attorney Mike Northridge for a discussion of EPA’s major site-cleanup statute.  Webinar

  • When: Friday, November 13, 2015  
  • Time:  11:30 am -1:00 pm EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226

  • Registration:  Superfund: Cleaning up Contaminated Sites

  CWA Coffee Break  “30 Minute” Series
  Construction Stormwater --- What regulations apply to stormwater leaving a construction site? What are the key best management practices (BMPs) for a construction site to reduce stormwater flow or reduce the likelihood that stormwater will pick up pollutants? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this session.  Presenter: Seth Heminway.

  • When:  Wednesday, November 18, 2015  
  • Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 pm EST
  • Classroom: EPA, HQ WJCS 7208

  Statistics Academy - Is this an Outlier I See Before Me…
  It might be, but it might not. Practical discussion on how to identify a potential outlier using standard statistical tests.  Presenters: EPA Statisticians: John Warren and Barry Nussbaum.

  • When:  Thursday, November 18, 2015 
  • Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am EST
  • Classroom: HQ, 7208 WJCS​

  EPA: International: Controlling Shipments of EPA-Regulated Goods/Wastes Through Ports
  Join attorneys Bob Heiss and Eva Kreisler’s panel, that includes EPA expert Mario Jorquera, and attorneys Carol King, Mark Garvey and staff from OECA and OAR, and other EPA Experts, including Brian Dyer and David Donaldson, for a wide-ranging panel discussion on matters relating to the entry and exit of dangerous goods/wastes subject to EPA requirements at U.S. ports

  • When:  Friday, November 20, 2015  
  • Time:  11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST.      
  • Classroom:  HQ, WJCS 6226  
  • Registration:  EPA: International: Controlling Shipments of EPA-Regulated Goods/Wastes Through Ports​

  CWA Coffee Break  “30 Minute” Series

  Fracking -- Hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, is a drilling technique used for extracting oil or natural gas from deep underground. Fracking is a hotly debated environmental and political issue. Some insist it is a safe and economical source of clean energy; some, however, claim fracking can destroy drinking water supplies, pollute the air and contribute to the greenhouse. Presenter: Attorney, Clarke Thurmon.

  • When:  Wednesday, December 2, 2015 
  • Time:  10:00 am - 10:30 am EST.
  • Classroom:   HQ, 7208 WJCS

  Environmental Justice: Challenges & Opportunities.

  Join Mustafa Ali, Associate Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice (EJ) in OECA  and Senior Advisor for EJ and Community Revitalization, as he discusses EPA’s commitment to a safe and healthy environment for all Americans! Join us to consider the wide range of issues confronting this important topic.

  • When:  Friday, December 4, 2015                             
  • Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST.
  • Classroom: HQ, WJCS 6226
• On-Demand eLearning Training Courses

  Use your Adobe Connect ID and password to view and enroll in the on-demand elearning training courses.

  New Courses!!

  ICIS Air Training Modules: This course contains six ICIS-Air online training modules. These training modules provide EPA’s headquarters, regional, delegated agency, and Local Control Region (LCON) staff with an introduction of best practices and tools used to manage data entry in the ICIS-Air application.  This course is available to all ICIS users in state, local, and tribal environmental agencies, as well as users in the private sector. Additional modules will be available in the near future.  No certificate is offered for these modules.

• Recorded Webinars

  Recorded Webinars

  Clean Water Act

  • An Introduction to the NPDES Stormwater Permitting and Enforcement Program
  • Water & Wetlands: Current Developments and Challenges
  • It's Not Necessarily Gone With the Wind
  • Water:  Current Developments and Challenges  

  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)/Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

  • Customs and Border Protection Pesticides Training - Legal vs Illegal Pesticides
  • Financial Assurances:  An Introduction to OECA's Web Tool
  • Pesticide Registration and Enforcement
  • The Toxic Substances Control Act
  • RCRA Overview and Update: What does it really mean to  Manage Waste: Cradle to Grave
  • PCB, Asbestos, Residential Lead Paint, Nanotechnology and Green Chemistry
  • Overview of FIFRA: Pesticide Registration 

  Safe Drinking Water Act

  • An Overview of EPA's New SDWA Enforcement Response Policy and the Enforcement

  Other

  • Contemporary Issues in Environmental Justice
  • EPA as a Global Environmental Leader
  • EPA's Response to Disaster
  • EPCRA, America's Largest Neighborhood Watch Program
  • Uncle Sam as Polluter
  • Working to Achieve CERCLA Objectives at Federal Facilities
  • The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
  • Environmental Justice:  Challenges and Opportunities
  • International:  Controlling Shipments of Waste Through Ports  
  • Finding a job in a Tight Market:  Sources and Strategies, "Resumes, References & Results
  • Suspension & Debarment: An Administrative Tool for Addressing Non-Compliance

Training for the Public and the Regulated Community

• On-Demand eLearning Training Courses
  • Financial Model Training
  • ICIS Training Modules

  Financial Model Training

  • Basic ABEL Training (CST101W)
    Course Registration | Launch Course
  • INDIPAY Training (CST114W)
    Course Registration | Launch Course
  • Intermediate ABEL Training
    Course Registration | Launch Course
  • Advanced BEN Training (CST306W)
    Course Registration | Launch Course
  • Introduction to the Economic Benefit Model (BEN)
    This course will enable users with little or no economic background to use the BEN enforcement economic model in calculating the economic benefit portion of the penalty in enforcement cases. The course consists of three modules: Module 1 introduces the user to the basic concept of economic benefits it fits into EPA’s penalty approach; Module 2 is an introduction to the financial theory and concepts necessary to use the BEN enforcement economic model: and Module 3 is an introduction in how to use the BEN enforcement economic model. (Please note: that these modules are not interactive, but students can run the BEN model at the same time as the course if they want to work through the in-class exercise in Module 3.) 
    • BEN Model Module 1
    • BEN Model Module 2
    • BEN Model Module 3
  • Ethics of Environmental Enforcement
    This course, offered by Project ENCRIPT of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) will identify the ways in which unethical behaviors, by white collar criminals, might affect the course of an inspection or an investigation. The course objective are to: define ethics as it is related to the environmental enforcement professional, understand the concept of environmental justice, understand the difference between ethics and morals, understand the ethical issues for the environmental enforcement professional.
    Register at: LEMIT website

  Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) Training Modules

  • Gaining Access to ICIS: The online training module to provide step-by-step instructions on accessing the ICIS.  ICIS is a secure system only available to EPA and state users.
  • Roles & Responsibilities of a Regional System Administrator: The online training module to provide information on the roles and responsibilities of an ICIS Regional System Administrator.
  • ICIS Navigation & Searching Techniques: The online training module to provide instructions on the use of navigation tools available in the ICIS database.
  • ICIS Module 1 Adding a Facility: Online training module to instruct ICIS users on how to add a facility into the ICIS database.
  • ICIS Module 2 Adding a Permit: Online training module to instruct ICIS users on how to add an NPDES permit into the ICIS database. The various types of permits are discussed in detail.
  • ICIS Module 3 Compliance Monitoring - State: Online training module to instruct ICIS users on how to add a State inspection into the ICIS database.
  • ICIS Module 4 Informal Enforcement Action: Online training module to instruct ICIS users on how to add an informal enforcement actions into the ICIS database.
  • ICIS Module 5 Permit Tracking Events: Online training module to instruct ICIS users on the use of permit tracking events for ICIS-NPDES users. Detailed discussion on which permit tracking events are automatically or manually generated by the user.
  • ICIS Module 6 Search Enforcement Actions: Online training module that instructs ICIS user on how to search for an enforcement action record into the ICIS database.
  • ICIS Module 7 Single Event Violations: Online training module that instructs ICIS users on the definition of single event violations and how to enter the violations into the ICIS database.
  • Reports Training Module: Online training module to instruct participants on preparing an inspection report.
  • Preparing to Enter A Permit: Online training module to instruct participants on entering a permit.  This module is very helpful if this is your first time entering a permit.

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