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CHMM Study Guide with Complete Solutions
FWPCA - ✔️✔️Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
NPDES - ✔️✔️National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
How often does NPDES permit need renewal? - ✔️✔️5 years
1987 CWA amendments - ✔️✔️Covers nonpoint sources
CWA Conventional Pollutants - ✔️✔️BOD
TSS
fecal coliform
pH
Oil
Grease
RCRA Subtitle D - ✔️✔️Non-hazardous waste
RCRA Subtitle C - ✔️✔️hazardous waste
RCRA Subtitle I - ✔️✔️Underground storage tanks
EPA ID number - ✔️✔️Required for haz waste generators
Responsibility of haz waste lies with the - ✔️✔️Generator
RCRA Permits - ✔️✔️Required for TSD facility
Large Quantity Generator - ✔️✔️>1000 kg haz waste per month
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F-List hazardous waste - ✔️✔️non-specific source wastes
K List Hazardous Waste - ✔️✔️Source specific
P list hazardous waste - ✔️✔️Acute hazardous waste
U list hazardous waste - ✔️✔️Discarded commercial chemical products
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - ✔️✔️This followed the Exxon Valdez spill and states that
operators of oil tankers are responsible for all cleanup costs
Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) - ✔️✔️gives the EPA authority to regulate chemicals
(excluding food, cosmetics, and pesticides)
Which act controls asbestos and PCBs - ✔️✔️TSCA
PCBs - ✔️✔️>50 ppm must be reported and incinerated
Must be disposed of within a year
FIFRA - ✔️✔️Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972, requires
pesticide registration
Pesticide Classification - ✔️✔️general use and restricted use
SDWA - ✔️✔️Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974
Sets MCLs
NAAQS - ✔️✔️National Ambient Air Quality Standards
CAA Amendment 1990
NAAQS Primary Standards - ✔️✔️protect human health
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NAAQS Secondary Standards - ✔️✔️provide public welfare protection, including
protection against decreased visibility and damage to animals, crops, vegetation, and
buildings.
criteria air pollutants - ✔️✔️particulate matter
sulfur dioxide
carbon monoxide
nitrogen oxides
ozone
lead
RACT - ✔️✔️Reasonably Available Control Technology
Existing sources, nonattainment
BACT - ✔️✔️Best Available Control Technology
New sources, attainment areas
LAER - ✔️✔️Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
New sources, nonattainment areas
Hazardous waste characteristics - ✔️✔️Ignitability, corrosivity, toxicity, reactivity
ignitable waste - ✔️✔️Flash point < 140 F
Corrosive waste - ✔️✔️pH < 2 or > 12.5
reactive waste - ✔️✔️Unstable waste that can explode or give off toxic fumes
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CHMM Study Guide with Complete Solutions
FWPCA - ✔️✔️Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
NPDES - ✔️✔️National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
How often does NPDES permit need renewal? - ✔️✔️5 years
1987 CWA amendments - ✔️✔️Covers nonpoint sources
CWA Conventional Pollutants - ✔️✔️BOD
TSS
fecal coliform
pH
Oil
Grease
RCRA Subtitle D - ✔️✔️Non-hazardous waste
RCRA Subtitle C - ✔️✔️hazardous waste
RCRA Subtitle I - ✔️✔️Underground storage tanks
EPA ID number - ✔️✔️Required for haz waste generators
Responsibility of haz waste lies with the - ✔️✔️Generator
RCRA Permits - ✔️✔️Required for TSD facility
Large Quantity Generator - ✔️✔️>1000 kg haz waste per month
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,©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:10 AM
F-List hazardous waste - ✔️✔️non-specific source wastes
K List Hazardous Waste - ✔️✔️Source specific
P list hazardous waste - ✔️✔️Acute hazardous waste
U list hazardous waste - ✔️✔️Discarded commercial chemical products
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - ✔️✔️This followed the Exxon Valdez spill and states that
operators of oil tankers are responsible for all cleanup costs
Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) - ✔️✔️gives the EPA authority to regulate chemicals
(excluding food, cosmetics, and pesticides)
Which act controls asbestos and PCBs - ✔️✔️TSCA
PCBs - ✔️✔️>50 ppm must be reported and incinerated
Must be disposed of within a year
FIFRA - ✔️✔️Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972, requires
pesticide registration
Pesticide Classification - ✔️✔️general use and restricted use
SDWA - ✔️✔️Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974
Sets MCLs
NAAQS - ✔️✔️National Ambient Air Quality Standards
CAA Amendment 1990
NAAQS Primary Standards - ✔️✔️protect human health
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, ©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:10 AM
NAAQS Secondary Standards - ✔️✔️provide public welfare protection, including
protection against decreased visibility and damage to animals, crops, vegetation, and
buildings.
criteria air pollutants - ✔️✔️particulate matter
sulfur dioxide
carbon monoxide
nitrogen oxides
ozone
lead
RACT - ✔️✔️Reasonably Available Control Technology
Existing sources, nonattainment
BACT - ✔️✔️Best Available Control Technology
New sources, attainment areas
LAER - ✔️✔️Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
New sources, nonattainment areas
Hazardous waste characteristics - ✔️✔️Ignitability, corrosivity, toxicity, reactivity
ignitable waste - ✔️✔️Flash point < 140 F
Corrosive waste - ✔️✔️pH < 2 or > 12.5
reactive waste - ✔️✔️Unstable waste that can explode or give off toxic fumes
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