IMPORTANT:  All EPA staff travel required to attend this "In-Person" course is being closely monitored/scrutinized for mandatory cost compliance tracking.  Generally, this travel cost monitoring requirement is not applicable ...  [more]

*****EPA OLEM - The U.S. EPA OLEM Staff have Priority Registration Preference. *****

This is a 40 Hour In-Person course (5 days of in-person)

Participant instructions will be provided through an emailed Outlook calendar event later after registration & after enrollment are fully complete upon ERTP's successful review & approval of the participant's medical evaluation received.

September 15-17, 2025 Part 1/Instructor-led training dates (3 days)

September 18-19, 2025 Part 2/hands-on at Environmental Science Center 701 Mapes Rd, FT. Meade, MD  20755 (2 days)

Unless otherwise noted, all course times are 8AM to 5PM daily Eastern Time Zone (ET)

Class participation details will be provided to Trainex enrolled/registered participants for this course through receipt of separate Outlook calendar events transmitted to the registered participant’s email address used for course registration.

Class registration and participation details:

1. Trainex website registrations - All course enrollment registrations for this course will occur at Trainex.org.
2. Medical Clearance Authorization – Receipt of the medical clearance authorization at email address: ertp-h&s@epa.gov and subsequent review of document(s) for completeness.
3. Receipt of Outlook calendar event email - Upon ERTP’s receipt of the participants Trainex.org site class registration, the participant will receive an Outlook calendar email from:  ertp-h&s@epa.gov
4. Together, completion of items 1) through 3) above completes the course registration process.  It is the course participants responsibility  to carefully review the initial Outlook calendar events received and follow directions provided, as well as monitor incoming and/or updated Outlook calendar event emails received that identify changes or updated information for the course logistics, participant requirements, and/or other information.  For registered participants only, training participation instructions will be provided thru receipt of emailed Outlook calendar event updates several days prior to the course start date. 

Full attendance, participations in interactive quizzes and polls, and answering 75% of the test questions are required to receive the course completion certificate.

*****IMPORTANT:  ERTP’s receipt of a Trainex course registration is a Registration Request, it is not a Guaranteed Enrollment in the Course. All ERTP training courses require applicant registration thru the Trainex system.  Last minute course arrivals without prior ERTP Trainex course registration approval is not permitted.  Before ERTP issues final approval to deliver any course and/or any EPA offices incurring expenses for the training event (including but not limited to EPA staff travel TA’s and/or ERTP training contractor expenses incurred), all EPA mandatory pre-approvals must all be met. The pre-approvals include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Training location’s availability;
• COVID status and/or other COVID Guidelines in effect for the location, as well as staff;
• Agency limitations, scrutiny, and approvals of ‘Conference Spending Requirements (known as the “5170”)’ for the specific training course(s) scheduled delivery timeframe;
• Weather (blizzard, hurricane, etc);
• Contractual number of available course training slots;
• EPA training location staff having priority registration over all other registrations; and/or
• Hosting site Training Coordinator approval.

In the event a course is subsequently postponed or canceled, or notification of registration cancellation is received, all EPA travel arrangements (airline/car rental/hotel) should be canceled in a timely manner. Registered students will receive a notification via email if/when a course is postponed and/or cancelled.

Notice: For in-person course deliveries, confirmed course registered participants must abide by all facility physical access requirements for the location (examples: check-in at the security gate, Federal ID, Government PIV/CAC cards, photo id’s, etc.).  If applicable for the course or location, restrictions may apply to non-citizens and acceptable identification may be required for facility entry.  Unless otherwise specified, ERTP TRAINING IS GENERALLY NOT OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL ATTENDEES, ACADEMIA, CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.

"IMPORTANT NOTICES" – applicable to U.S. EPA Staff that are specific to this training course: 

1. EPA Staff - Please initiate your TA as soon as possible.
2. Conference Spending Requirements (known as the “5170”) - are no longer applicable for most ERTP sponsored training courses.  
3. Ensure the travel spending line “Project Code” specific to this course is used on the TA & subsequent travel voucher is:  OLEMTRNG * 

The project code above is to be used for the entire duration of the ERTP-sponsored training.  For the TA and travel voucher, no other project/conference code is to be used for the ERTP sponsored training course dates. 

4. U.S. EPA staff/participant travel spending requirements*:

• *EPA course staff participants are responsible for ensuring this code is used in the Site Project field under the Accounting tab in Concur. This code must be used for all travel authorizations, travel vouchers, and local travel vouchers related to this specific training course event.. For TA’s that were approved in advance, it is the traveler’s responsibility to ensure the TA is amended to add the correct project code(s) and/or MUST be added to the final Travel Voucher before it is routed for approvals. If needed, your office FCO/Funds Certifying Official can provide assistance to ensure the code is entered correctly in Concur.  Remember: ERTP’s training contractors are NOT involved in EPA’s internal travel spending “Project Code” processing or approvals. All EPA travel spending/Project Code related questions are to be forwarded to the EPA course POC and/or the EPA ERTP Contracting Officer Representatives (COR’s).

• Because we are required to manage all EPA travel related costs to minimize costs to the maximum extent possible, please make every effort to reduce transportation costs and lodging costs and avoid use of car rentals whenever possible.  Ride-sharing and GOV use is preferred whenever possible.

5. Approved ERTP-sponsored Group Training form – The Group SF-182 will be transmitted in a separate email to EPA staff only.  Attach the Group SF-182 to your Concur Travel Voucher (or Local Voucher Reimbursement request) if your office will use training $ funding line(s) on your Travel Voucher and/or if your offices requires it be attached to the TA and/or Voucher.  It is recommended to discuss with your FCO if there’s need to amend the TA prior to completing your Travel Voucher (to identify the above required project code).  Refer to the subsequent SF-182 email for additional details pertaining to the Group SF-182.

Important: The ERTP contractor is NOT involved in EPA’s travel spending, EPA’s approval processes, use of Project Codes for travel, and/or EPA’s SF-182 forms & approval processes.

If there are any questions/concerns about the contents of this email or the subsequently received SF-182 document, please contact Shelly Norland via Teams, or email: norland.shelly@epa.gov

***Logistics for the in-person training will be provided to participants thru the subsequent Outlook calendar events