VA DEQ ESC Inspector Exam with Questions and Correct Answers 100- Pass

VA DEQ ESC Inspector Exam with
Questions and Correct Answers 100%
Pass


VESCP Acronym - CORRECT ANSWERS Virginia Erosion and Sediment
Control Program; localities not administering a VESMP and only ESC
programs; operate under Part III of the VESM regulations and ESC Law

VESMA - CORRECT ANSWERS Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management
Act; 2016: combined SWM requirements in SWM Act and ESC Law; effective
7/1/24

VESMP - CORRECT ANSWERS Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management
Program; localities administering both SWM and ESC programs; operate under
VESMA and Part II of VESM Regulation

VA House Bill 1065 - CORRECT ANSWERS General assembly aligned the ESC
and SWM programs and required MS4 programs to adopt and administer a local
stormwater program; effective 7/1/2014

Adoption of ESC Regulations - CORRECT ANSWERS General assembly
required the Soil and Water Conservation Board to promulgate regulations for
the administration, implementation, and enforcement of ESC law; 1990

Virginia Stormwater Management (SWM) Act - CORRECT ANSWERS General
assembly passed the SWM act to address erosion, groundwater depletion, and
more frequent localized flooding due to intensive land development; localities
could establish SWM programs by ordinance, while state projects were
required to follow the SWM act; 1989

ESC Law - CORRECT ANSWERS General assembly passed the ESC law,
requiring statewide establishment of minimum standards, etc. for
erosion/sediment deposition/non-agricultural runoff; all counties/cities
required to adopt a local erosion program by 7/1/74

CWA - CORRECT ANSWERS Clean Water Act; established NPDES; 1972

CGP Coverage Requirements - CORRECT ANSWERS required to develop a
SWPPP consisting of an ESC plan, stormwater management plan, and pollution
prevention plan; plans must detail how both C- and P-BMPS will be
implemented

, Inspector Recert Requirements - CORRECT ANSWERS Complete 18 hours of
contact hours, enter it into CATS and pay recert fee OR retake exam before
expiration

Soil Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS removal and transportation of soil particles
by erosive forces, such as water, wind, ice, gravity

Geologic Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS natural landscape formation by
wearing away mountains; filling valleys; creating sandbars, islands, and
coastal plains

Geologic Erosion accounts for ____% of total sediment production.
Accelerated Erosion accounts for ____% - CORRECT ANSWERS 30%, 70%

What are the five stages of soil erosion? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Raindrop
impact
2. Sheet erosion
3. Rill erosion
4. Gully erosion
5. Channel erosion

Raindrop Impact - CORRECT ANSWERS 1st stage of soil erosion; two effects:
dislodges soil particles and seals soil surface

In VA, when are the most erosive rains contacted throughout the year? -
CORRECT ANSWERS May through September

Sheet Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS second stage of soil erosion, soil's ability
to infiltrate water is exceeded and water starts to run across the soil surface;
seldom detaches soil particles, but carries particles detached during raindrop
impact

Rill Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS 3rd stage of soil erosion, begins when
sheet flow begins to concentrate in low spots and the velocity + turbulence
increase

Gully Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS 4th stage of soil erosion, occurs when
rills converge to form larger channels or gullies, major difference is size as
gullies are too large to be restored with tillage equipment

Channel Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS 5th stage of erosion, occurs when
gullies are not repaired in time, in existing streams, the volume/velocity of flow
destroys the structural integrity of banks

Factors influencing Erosion - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Climate