SWM DEQ COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Explain erosion and sediment controls, C-BMPs
Answer: vegetative and structural practices used during construction to
reduce erosion by keeping soil in place and preventing sediment from
leaving
●● Explain pollution prevention practices
Answer: used during construction, to prevent releases of pollutants and
contamination of stormwater from materials and wastes used on
construction sites
●● what is the goal of the stormwater program?
Answer: Protect state water quantity and qaulity from unmanaged
stormwater before, during, and after construction
●● What is a land disturbing activity
Answer: man-made changes to the land surface that changes its runoff
characteristics, such as clearing, grading, or excavation
●● What are the regulated LDAs under the VESMP?
, Answer: 1. greater than or equal to 1 acre; also for projects under 1 acre
but 10k sq ft or more in an area of a locality that is not a Chesapeake
Bay preservation area
2. Part of a larger common plan of development or sale that is greater
than or equal to 1 acre
3. Greater than 2500 sq ft in Chesapeake Bay preservation areas
4. or more stringent area as required by local ordinance
●● What is the construction general permit?
Answer: authorizes discharges from construction activities, required for
LDAs greater than or equal to 1 acre, also required for projects less than
1 acre but part of a common plan of development or sale that is greater
than or equal to 1 acre.
●● What is a common plan of development or sale?
Answer: a contiguous area where separate and distinct construction
activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules.
●● What are Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) LDAs?
Answer: Areas near the bay that, if improperly developed, may result in
substantial damage to the water quality of the bay and its tributaries.
Includes resource protection areas and resource management areas. They
range in size from 2500 sq ft to 1 acre.
●● CBPA LDAs do NOT require what?
EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Explain erosion and sediment controls, C-BMPs
Answer: vegetative and structural practices used during construction to
reduce erosion by keeping soil in place and preventing sediment from
leaving
●● Explain pollution prevention practices
Answer: used during construction, to prevent releases of pollutants and
contamination of stormwater from materials and wastes used on
construction sites
●● what is the goal of the stormwater program?
Answer: Protect state water quantity and qaulity from unmanaged
stormwater before, during, and after construction
●● What is a land disturbing activity
Answer: man-made changes to the land surface that changes its runoff
characteristics, such as clearing, grading, or excavation
●● What are the regulated LDAs under the VESMP?
, Answer: 1. greater than or equal to 1 acre; also for projects under 1 acre
but 10k sq ft or more in an area of a locality that is not a Chesapeake
Bay preservation area
2. Part of a larger common plan of development or sale that is greater
than or equal to 1 acre
3. Greater than 2500 sq ft in Chesapeake Bay preservation areas
4. or more stringent area as required by local ordinance
●● What is the construction general permit?
Answer: authorizes discharges from construction activities, required for
LDAs greater than or equal to 1 acre, also required for projects less than
1 acre but part of a common plan of development or sale that is greater
than or equal to 1 acre.
●● What is a common plan of development or sale?
Answer: a contiguous area where separate and distinct construction
activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules.
●● What are Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) LDAs?
Answer: Areas near the bay that, if improperly developed, may result in
substantial damage to the water quality of the bay and its tributaries.
Includes resource protection areas and resource management areas. They
range in size from 2500 sq ft to 1 acre.
●● CBPA LDAs do NOT require what?
