CPESC EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM 2026
EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Identify instream damages of sediment. Answer: destruction of
spawning areas, food sources, habitat
direct toxicity to wildlife
lake degradation
filling of navigation channels
impacts to commercial fisheries
reduction of water storage capacities
⩥ Suspended material. Answer: sediment can affect light penetration,
channel stability, fisheries and habitat
⩥ Name Off stream damages. Answer: Increased flood hazards
increased water treatment costs
decreased capacity in conveyance facilities
higher infrastructure maintenance costs
⩥ What has increased the amount of impervious surface in our
watersheds?. Answer: Urbanization and development
,⩥ priority pollutants include. Answer: nutrients
pathogens
heavy metals
toxics
sediment
salts
detergents
hydro carbons
⩥ Clean Water Act (CWA). Answer: Federal Water Pollution Control Act
enacted to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological
integrity of the waters of the US
administered by USEPA
⩥ Section 401. Answer: water quality certification
requires applicant, including any construction or operation of a facility,
to obtain certification to discharge ANY pollutant.
administered by the State
⩥ Section 402. Answer: NPDES Regs
,⩥ NPDES. Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
⩥ MS4. Answer: Municipal Separate Storm Sewers Systems
⩥ NURP. Answer: Nationwide Urban Runoff Program
1987-1983
led to EPA regulating stormwater
⩥ Phase I
(1987 - 1992). Answer: already covered by NPDES permit
facilities that engage in industrial activity
Large municipal storm systems (>250,000)
Medium municipal storms systems (100 - 250 K)
facilities that EPA said were significant contributors
⩥ Storm Water Implementation Rule. Answer: enacted April 1992,
identified minimum requirements for NPDES stormwater permits
⩥ Section 404. Answer: regulates dredge / fill permitting into waters of
the US administered by USACE
, ⩥ CZARA. Answer: Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
(CZARA) of 1990 requires coastal zone states to develop Coastal
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs
section 6217 nonpoint source in coastal areas
⩥ stormwater. Answer: stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface
runoff and drainage
⩥ NPDES stormwater regulation say. Answer: stormwater must be in
any discernable, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not
limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, well, discrete fissure,
container, rolling stock, concentrated feeding operation....
⩥ waters of the US. Answer: waters used for interstate or foreign
commerce
all interstate waters including wetlands
all other waters, the use ofr degeration of which would affect interstate
or foreign commerce
impoundments of waters
territorial sea
wetlands adjacent to waters above
EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Identify instream damages of sediment. Answer: destruction of
spawning areas, food sources, habitat
direct toxicity to wildlife
lake degradation
filling of navigation channels
impacts to commercial fisheries
reduction of water storage capacities
⩥ Suspended material. Answer: sediment can affect light penetration,
channel stability, fisheries and habitat
⩥ Name Off stream damages. Answer: Increased flood hazards
increased water treatment costs
decreased capacity in conveyance facilities
higher infrastructure maintenance costs
⩥ What has increased the amount of impervious surface in our
watersheds?. Answer: Urbanization and development
,⩥ priority pollutants include. Answer: nutrients
pathogens
heavy metals
toxics
sediment
salts
detergents
hydro carbons
⩥ Clean Water Act (CWA). Answer: Federal Water Pollution Control Act
enacted to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological
integrity of the waters of the US
administered by USEPA
⩥ Section 401. Answer: water quality certification
requires applicant, including any construction or operation of a facility,
to obtain certification to discharge ANY pollutant.
administered by the State
⩥ Section 402. Answer: NPDES Regs
,⩥ NPDES. Answer: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
⩥ MS4. Answer: Municipal Separate Storm Sewers Systems
⩥ NURP. Answer: Nationwide Urban Runoff Program
1987-1983
led to EPA regulating stormwater
⩥ Phase I
(1987 - 1992). Answer: already covered by NPDES permit
facilities that engage in industrial activity
Large municipal storm systems (>250,000)
Medium municipal storms systems (100 - 250 K)
facilities that EPA said were significant contributors
⩥ Storm Water Implementation Rule. Answer: enacted April 1992,
identified minimum requirements for NPDES stormwater permits
⩥ Section 404. Answer: regulates dredge / fill permitting into waters of
the US administered by USACE
, ⩥ CZARA. Answer: Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
(CZARA) of 1990 requires coastal zone states to develop Coastal
Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs
section 6217 nonpoint source in coastal areas
⩥ stormwater. Answer: stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface
runoff and drainage
⩥ NPDES stormwater regulation say. Answer: stormwater must be in
any discernable, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not
limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, well, discrete fissure,
container, rolling stock, concentrated feeding operation....
⩥ waters of the US. Answer: waters used for interstate or foreign
commerce
all interstate waters including wetlands
all other waters, the use ofr degeration of which would affect interstate
or foreign commerce
impoundments of waters
territorial sea
wetlands adjacent to waters above
