QSP [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Question
and Answer | DETAILED SOLUTIONS
• What is a Legally Responsible Person (LRP)? -✓✓ A representative of a
permittee and signatory that is legally designated to sign, certify, and electronically
submit any documents required by the General Permit, the Water Board, and the
EPA
• What is a Duly Authorized Representative (DAR)? -✓✓ Designated by the LRP
to sign, certify, and electronically submit any required documents. Has
responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated construction project or
activities.
• What is a Discharger -✓✓ The party subject to the Construction General Permit
• What projects are subject to the CGP? -✓✓ Construction projects that include
construction or land disturbance activities that result in the disturbance of one or
more acres OR less than one acre but are part of a larger common plan of
development or sale that totals one or more acres of land disturbance.
• What construction activities are covered by the CGP? -✓✓ clearing, grading,
excavation, stockpiling, and demolition activities that expose or disturb soil
• What construction activities are not subject to the CGP? -✓✓ Routine
maintenance, disturbances to land surfaces solely related to growing crops or ag
operations, discharges on tribal land, discharges to the Lake Tahoe Hydrological
Unit, activities discharged to combined sewer systems, or projects under other
permits.
• What is a Linear Underground and Overhead Project (LUP) and how does it
differ from regular construction projects covered under the CGP? -✓✓ LUPs
usually include conveyance facilities, culverts, pipelines, or other linear corridors
to transport material, energy, or communications. Differs from a regular project
because regulations are more flexible due to issues achieving compliance. Requires
projects to retain as much natural buffer as feasible, and/or to the extent feasible
provide supplemental erosion and sediment controls in the buffer area
, • What is the RUSLE equation? -✓✓ The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation.
A (annual soil loss) = R (rainfall erosivity) x K (soil erodibility) x LS (slope length
- steepness) x C (cover management) x P (support practices)
• What is the RUSLE equation used for? -✓✓ to determine sediment risk
• What does the "A" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ spatial average soil
loss and a temporal average soil loss per unit of area. Expressed in the units
selected for K and the period selected for R. (generally expressed as tons per acre
per year)
• What does the "R" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ erosivity factor that
represents the erosivity of the climate at a particular location
• What does the "K" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ soil erodibility factor
that represents the combination of detachability of the soil, runoff potential of the
soil, and the transportability of the sediment eroded from the soil. Has a
dimensional constant
• What does the "C" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ Cover management
factor
ratio of soil loss from an area with specified cover and management to soil loss
from an identical area in a bare condition. Certain areas
• Erosion -✓✓ The process, by which soil particles are detached and transported by
the actions of wind, water, and gravity
• Sedimentation -✓✓ The process of deposition of suspended matter carried by
water, wastewater, or other liquids by gravity. It is usually accomplished by
reducing the velocity of the liquid below the point at which it can transport the
suspended material
• How do erosion control and sediment control BMPs differ? -✓✓ Erosion control
is designed to prevent topsoil from dislodging sediment particles, while sediment
control seeks to trap and control sediment particles once dislodged
• What are common examples of erosion control? -✓✓ -silt fences
and Answer | DETAILED SOLUTIONS
• What is a Legally Responsible Person (LRP)? -✓✓ A representative of a
permittee and signatory that is legally designated to sign, certify, and electronically
submit any documents required by the General Permit, the Water Board, and the
EPA
• What is a Duly Authorized Representative (DAR)? -✓✓ Designated by the LRP
to sign, certify, and electronically submit any required documents. Has
responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated construction project or
activities.
• What is a Discharger -✓✓ The party subject to the Construction General Permit
• What projects are subject to the CGP? -✓✓ Construction projects that include
construction or land disturbance activities that result in the disturbance of one or
more acres OR less than one acre but are part of a larger common plan of
development or sale that totals one or more acres of land disturbance.
• What construction activities are covered by the CGP? -✓✓ clearing, grading,
excavation, stockpiling, and demolition activities that expose or disturb soil
• What construction activities are not subject to the CGP? -✓✓ Routine
maintenance, disturbances to land surfaces solely related to growing crops or ag
operations, discharges on tribal land, discharges to the Lake Tahoe Hydrological
Unit, activities discharged to combined sewer systems, or projects under other
permits.
• What is a Linear Underground and Overhead Project (LUP) and how does it
differ from regular construction projects covered under the CGP? -✓✓ LUPs
usually include conveyance facilities, culverts, pipelines, or other linear corridors
to transport material, energy, or communications. Differs from a regular project
because regulations are more flexible due to issues achieving compliance. Requires
projects to retain as much natural buffer as feasible, and/or to the extent feasible
provide supplemental erosion and sediment controls in the buffer area
, • What is the RUSLE equation? -✓✓ The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation.
A (annual soil loss) = R (rainfall erosivity) x K (soil erodibility) x LS (slope length
- steepness) x C (cover management) x P (support practices)
• What is the RUSLE equation used for? -✓✓ to determine sediment risk
• What does the "A" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ spatial average soil
loss and a temporal average soil loss per unit of area. Expressed in the units
selected for K and the period selected for R. (generally expressed as tons per acre
per year)
• What does the "R" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ erosivity factor that
represents the erosivity of the climate at a particular location
• What does the "K" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ soil erodibility factor
that represents the combination of detachability of the soil, runoff potential of the
soil, and the transportability of the sediment eroded from the soil. Has a
dimensional constant
• What does the "C" stand for in the RUSLE formula? -✓✓ Cover management
factor
ratio of soil loss from an area with specified cover and management to soil loss
from an identical area in a bare condition. Certain areas
• Erosion -✓✓ The process, by which soil particles are detached and transported by
the actions of wind, water, and gravity
• Sedimentation -✓✓ The process of deposition of suspended matter carried by
water, wastewater, or other liquids by gravity. It is usually accomplished by
reducing the velocity of the liquid below the point at which it can transport the
suspended material
• How do erosion control and sediment control BMPs differ? -✓✓ Erosion control
is designed to prevent topsoil from dislodging sediment particles, while sediment
control seeks to trap and control sediment particles once dislodged
• What are common examples of erosion control? -✓✓ -silt fences
