QSP [2026] UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Question
and Answer | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS
• Appendix 1 -✓✓ Risk determination worksheet
• Appendix 2.1 -✓✓ Post-construction water balance performance standard
• Appendix 2 -✓✓ Post-construction water balance performance standard spPost-
construction water balance performance standard spreadsheetreadsheet
• Appendix 3 -✓✓ Bioassesment Monitoring guidlines
• Appendix 4 -✓✓ Adopted/implemented Sediment TMDLs
• Appendix 5 -✓✓ Glossary
• Appendix 6 -✓✓ Acronyms
• Appendix 7 -✓✓ State and Regional Water Resources Control Board Contacts
• Rainfall erosivity waiver -✓✓ The option of allowing a small construction site
(>1 and <5 acres) to self-certify if the rainfall erosivity value (R value) for their
site's given location and time frame compute to be less than or equal to 5.
• ATS (Active Treatment Systems) -✓✓ There are instances on construction sites
where traditional erosion and sediment controls do not effectively control
accelerated erosion. Under such circumstances, or under circumstances where
storm water discharges leaving the site may cause or contribute to an exceedance
of a water quality standard, the use of an Active Treatment System (ATS) may be
necessary. Additionally, it may be appropriate to use an ATS when site constraints
inhibit the ability to construct a correctly sized sediment basin, when clay and/or
highly erosive soils are present, or when the site has very steep or long slope
lengths.
• What are the NALs for Risk 2 and 3 -✓✓ pH <6.5 and >8.5
Turbidity >250 NTU
, • Receiving Water Monitoring Triggers -✓✓ For Risk level 3
pH <6.0 and >9.0
Turbidity > 500 NTU
• What is a Qualifying Event? -✓✓ 1/2" or more of discharges over a period of
time in which there is no break in rain > 48 hrs
• What Permit Registration Documents are needed before start of construction? -
✓✓ Notice of Intent (NOI)
Risk Assessment
Post Construction BMP Information
Site Map
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Annual Fee
Signed Certification Statement
• What is Sedimentation -✓✓ Deposition of eroded material
• The 3 S's of wind erosion -✓✓ Saltation
Soil Creep
Suspension
• What is Erosion Prediction? -✓✓ Estimates average annual acre tons of soil loss
(A) RUSLE Equation
• What is Sediment Yield? -✓✓ The amount of eroded soil that settles out at a
specific point, in the watershed, that is remote from the origin of the detached
particles. MUSLE Equation
• Permit Registration Documents (PRDs) -✓✓ a. Notice of Intent (NOI)
b. Risk Assessment (Section VIII)
c. Site Map
d. Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (Section XIV)
e. Annual Fee
f. Signed Certification Statement
• RUSLE -✓✓ A = R x K x LS x C x P where:
A = predicted soil loss
and Answer | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS
• Appendix 1 -✓✓ Risk determination worksheet
• Appendix 2.1 -✓✓ Post-construction water balance performance standard
• Appendix 2 -✓✓ Post-construction water balance performance standard spPost-
construction water balance performance standard spreadsheetreadsheet
• Appendix 3 -✓✓ Bioassesment Monitoring guidlines
• Appendix 4 -✓✓ Adopted/implemented Sediment TMDLs
• Appendix 5 -✓✓ Glossary
• Appendix 6 -✓✓ Acronyms
• Appendix 7 -✓✓ State and Regional Water Resources Control Board Contacts
• Rainfall erosivity waiver -✓✓ The option of allowing a small construction site
(>1 and <5 acres) to self-certify if the rainfall erosivity value (R value) for their
site's given location and time frame compute to be less than or equal to 5.
• ATS (Active Treatment Systems) -✓✓ There are instances on construction sites
where traditional erosion and sediment controls do not effectively control
accelerated erosion. Under such circumstances, or under circumstances where
storm water discharges leaving the site may cause or contribute to an exceedance
of a water quality standard, the use of an Active Treatment System (ATS) may be
necessary. Additionally, it may be appropriate to use an ATS when site constraints
inhibit the ability to construct a correctly sized sediment basin, when clay and/or
highly erosive soils are present, or when the site has very steep or long slope
lengths.
• What are the NALs for Risk 2 and 3 -✓✓ pH <6.5 and >8.5
Turbidity >250 NTU
, • Receiving Water Monitoring Triggers -✓✓ For Risk level 3
pH <6.0 and >9.0
Turbidity > 500 NTU
• What is a Qualifying Event? -✓✓ 1/2" or more of discharges over a period of
time in which there is no break in rain > 48 hrs
• What Permit Registration Documents are needed before start of construction? -
✓✓ Notice of Intent (NOI)
Risk Assessment
Post Construction BMP Information
Site Map
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Annual Fee
Signed Certification Statement
• What is Sedimentation -✓✓ Deposition of eroded material
• The 3 S's of wind erosion -✓✓ Saltation
Soil Creep
Suspension
• What is Erosion Prediction? -✓✓ Estimates average annual acre tons of soil loss
(A) RUSLE Equation
• What is Sediment Yield? -✓✓ The amount of eroded soil that settles out at a
specific point, in the watershed, that is remote from the origin of the detached
particles. MUSLE Equation
• Permit Registration Documents (PRDs) -✓✓ a. Notice of Intent (NOI)
b. Risk Assessment (Section VIII)
c. Site Map
d. Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (Section XIV)
e. Annual Fee
f. Signed Certification Statement
• RUSLE -✓✓ A = R x K x LS x C x P where:
A = predicted soil loss
