SWM DEQ
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1. The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is authorized by the ______
and administered through the ______: Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater
Management Program Regulation
2. VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater from con-
struction activities that are: greater than or equal to an acre
3. The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water Control Board
to: permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
4. DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential inter-jurisdictional
impacts upon request: 90
5. The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to obtain
and maintain a certificate of competency: staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a
VSMP authority, standard and specification holders
6. The dual certificate will expire three years from: the latest date of the certificates
7. SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land disturbance: VSMP program authority
8. The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of ____ of total phospho-
rus for new development: 0.41 lbs/acre/year
9. The phosphorus load limit uses the: 10% impervious cover
10. Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses: channel protection and flood protection
11. Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved?: SWM plan, ESC plan
12. Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after construction?: post-construction
13. What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in
stream degradation?: 10%
14. What do land disturbing activities consist of?: excavating, clearing, grading
15. LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation: 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake
Bay Preservation Act
16. In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs were
related to emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the disturbance
within: 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days of starting the
land-disturbing activity
17. Localities with MS4: must adopt and administer a stormwater program
18. Localities without MS4: may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
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19. DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality ____ are responsible
for enforcing local ordinances: Construction GP, VSMP
20. A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement authority and a sched-
ule of civil penalties for enforcement actions in its local ordinance. The maxi-
mum penalty the authority may issue is: $32,500 per violation per day
21. Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a summons issued by a
locality VSMP authority must be paid: into the locality's treasury
22. Any person who violates..... shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed-
: $32, 500
23. Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas that result in a land disturbance greater
than or equal to ____ and less than ____: 2,500 ft^2, 1 acre
24. CBPA LDAs must have: approved E&SC plan, approved SWM plan, local approval to start land distur-
bance, long-term maintenance agreement, construction record drawings
25. CBPA LDAs do not require: Construction GP, Pollution prevention Plan, Additional control measures to
address TMDL
26. State entities and linear projects ___ submit a single set of standards and
specifications to DEQ for approval, federal entities ____: must, may
27. Name the 5 steps in order of the permitting process: submittal of ESC plans and SWM
plans, SWM plan review and approval, registration statement entry into Construction GP, Construction GP approved by
DEQ, Locality VSMP authority approval to start land disturbance
28. The locality VSMP authority has ___ days to determine the completeness of
a stormwater management plan and to notify the applicant of its determina-
tion: 15
29. If the plan is complete and the applicant has been notified within 15 days of
submission, the locality VSMP authority (plan reviewer) has ___ days from the
time of notification to review the plan: 60
30. Operators of a single-family detached residential structures that disturb
equal to or greater than one acre of land are: not required to submit a registration statement
31. VSMP authority must keep project records, including approved SWM plans
and registration statements, for ___ years after state permit termination or
project completion: 3 years
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1. The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is authorized by the ______
and administered through the ______: Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater
Management Program Regulation
2. VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater from con-
struction activities that are: greater than or equal to an acre
3. The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water Control Board
to: permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
4. DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential inter-jurisdictional
impacts upon request: 90
5. The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to obtain
and maintain a certificate of competency: staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a
VSMP authority, standard and specification holders
6. The dual certificate will expire three years from: the latest date of the certificates
7. SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land disturbance: VSMP program authority
8. The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of ____ of total phospho-
rus for new development: 0.41 lbs/acre/year
9. The phosphorus load limit uses the: 10% impervious cover
10. Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses: channel protection and flood protection
11. Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved?: SWM plan, ESC plan
12. Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after construction?: post-construction
13. What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in
stream degradation?: 10%
14. What do land disturbing activities consist of?: excavating, clearing, grading
15. LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation: 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake
Bay Preservation Act
16. In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs were
related to emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the disturbance
within: 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days of starting the
land-disturbing activity
17. Localities with MS4: must adopt and administer a stormwater program
18. Localities without MS4: may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
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19. DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality ____ are responsible
for enforcing local ordinances: Construction GP, VSMP
20. A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement authority and a sched-
ule of civil penalties for enforcement actions in its local ordinance. The maxi-
mum penalty the authority may issue is: $32,500 per violation per day
21. Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a summons issued by a
locality VSMP authority must be paid: into the locality's treasury
22. Any person who violates..... shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed-
: $32, 500
23. Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas that result in a land disturbance greater
than or equal to ____ and less than ____: 2,500 ft^2, 1 acre
24. CBPA LDAs must have: approved E&SC plan, approved SWM plan, local approval to start land distur-
bance, long-term maintenance agreement, construction record drawings
25. CBPA LDAs do not require: Construction GP, Pollution prevention Plan, Additional control measures to
address TMDL
26. State entities and linear projects ___ submit a single set of standards and
specifications to DEQ for approval, federal entities ____: must, may
27. Name the 5 steps in order of the permitting process: submittal of ESC plans and SWM
plans, SWM plan review and approval, registration statement entry into Construction GP, Construction GP approved by
DEQ, Locality VSMP authority approval to start land disturbance
28. The locality VSMP authority has ___ days to determine the completeness of
a stormwater management plan and to notify the applicant of its determina-
tion: 15
29. If the plan is complete and the applicant has been notified within 15 days of
submission, the locality VSMP authority (plan reviewer) has ___ days from the
time of notification to review the plan: 60
30. Operators of a single-family detached residential structures that disturb
equal to or greater than one acre of land are: not required to submit a registration statement
31. VSMP authority must keep project records, including approved SWM plans
and registration statements, for ___ years after state permit termination or
project completion: 3 years
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