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ETCOG Environmental Law Courses
July 30, 2025 - July 31, 2025
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
- Peace Officers, Planning & Services
Maude Cobb Convention Center/Longview Convention Complex
Venue Address:
Description:
These training sessions will be located in the Eitelman Conference Room.
A certified instructor will provide insight and information about the growing problem of illegal dumping and other environmental crimes during this one- or two-day offering of environmental law training courses for East Texas Council of Governments member jurisdictions.
A basic environmental law course will take place on the first day and will be followed by an intermediate course on the second. The basic course is a prerequisite for the intermediate course. Each course will offer their own certificates and continuing education units/hours.
The courses cover various state statues that allow city and county officials to properly investigate, charge, and prosecute those responsible for creating public nuisance and illegal dump sites as well as those who perform other solid waste violations including illegal outdoor burnings and waterway pollution. They also cover how to abate or mitigate illegal dumpsites.
Each course is available to all types of local and state officials to include, but not limited to, peace officers, code enforcement personnel, fire marshals, emergency management personnel, solid waste management personnel, waste water personnel, city managers, public works directors and local elected officials — county judges, county commissioners, city council members, and mayors. State agency personnel such as those that represent DPS, TCEQ, and TDEM also are welcome to attend.
Basic environmental law provides the following CEUs:
TCOLE: 6 hours
Code Enforcement: 6 hours
Sanitarian: 6 hours
OSSF: 4 hours
Intermediated environmental law provides the following CEUs:
TCOLE: 6 hours
Code Enforcement: 6 hours
Sanitarian: 6 hours
Special instructions
This course is only for those working for local governments in the ETCOG region — Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.
Peace officers will need their PID numbers and OSSF will need their license numbers for CAPCOG to process TCOLE and OSSF credit hours. Certificates and other information will be provided for other CEUs.