SWM DEQ | Practice Questions & Answers | 2026-2027
The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater Management Program
authorized by the ______ and administered through the Regulation
______
VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of greater than or equal to an acre
stormwater from construction activities that are
The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
Control Board to
DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential 90
inter-jurisdictional impacts upon request
The Stormwater Management Act requires the following staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard
individuals to obtain and maintain a certificate of and specification holders
competency
The dual certificate will expire three years from the latest date of the certificates
SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land VSMP program authority
disturbance
The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of 0.41 lbs/acre/year
____ of total phosphorus for new development
The phosphorus load limit uses the 10% impervious cover
Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses channel protection and flood protection
Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved? SWM plan, ESC plan
Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after post-construction
construction?
What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that 10%
can result in stream degradation?
What do land disturbing activities consist of? excavating, clearing, grading
LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
, SWM DEQ | Practice Questions & Answers | 2026-2027
In situations where an initial exemption was applicable 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days
because LDAs were related to emergency work, VSMP of starting the land-disturbing activity
authority shall be advised of the disturbance within
Localities with MS4 must adopt and administer a stormwater program
Localities without MS4 may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality Construction GP, VSMP
____ are responsible for enforcing local ordinances
A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement $32,500 per violation per day
authority and a schedule of civil penalties for enforcement
actions in its local ordinance. The maximum penalty the
authority may issue is
Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a into the locality's treasury
summons issued by a locality VSMP authority must be
paid
Any person who violates..... shall be subject to a civil $32, 500
penalty not to exceed
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas that result in a land 2,500 ft^2, 1 acre
disturbance greater than or equal to ____ and less than
____
CBPA LDAs must have approved E&SC plan, approved SWM plan, local approval to start land disturbance,
long-term maintenance agreement, construction record drawings
CBPA LDAs do not require Construction GP, Pollution prevention Plan, Additional control measures to address
TMDL
State entities and linear projects ___ submit a single set of must, may
standards and specifications to DEQ for approval, federal
entities ____
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
The locality VSMP authority has ___ days to determine the 15
completeness of a stormwater management plan and to
notify the applicant of its determination
If the plan is complete and the applicant has been notified 60
within 15 days of submission, the locality VSMP authority
(plan reviewer) has ___ days from the time of notification
to review the plan
Operators of a single-family detached residential structures not required to submit a registration statement
that disturb equal to or greater than one acre of land are
The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater Management Program
authorized by the ______ and administered through the Regulation
______
VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of greater than or equal to an acre
stormwater from construction activities that are
The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
Control Board to
DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential 90
inter-jurisdictional impacts upon request
The Stormwater Management Act requires the following staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard
individuals to obtain and maintain a certificate of and specification holders
competency
The dual certificate will expire three years from the latest date of the certificates
SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land VSMP program authority
disturbance
The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of 0.41 lbs/acre/year
____ of total phosphorus for new development
The phosphorus load limit uses the 10% impervious cover
Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses channel protection and flood protection
Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved? SWM plan, ESC plan
Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after post-construction
construction?
What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that 10%
can result in stream degradation?
What do land disturbing activities consist of? excavating, clearing, grading
LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
, SWM DEQ | Practice Questions & Answers | 2026-2027
In situations where an initial exemption was applicable 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days
because LDAs were related to emergency work, VSMP of starting the land-disturbing activity
authority shall be advised of the disturbance within
Localities with MS4 must adopt and administer a stormwater program
Localities without MS4 may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality Construction GP, VSMP
____ are responsible for enforcing local ordinances
A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement $32,500 per violation per day
authority and a schedule of civil penalties for enforcement
actions in its local ordinance. The maximum penalty the
authority may issue is
Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a into the locality's treasury
summons issued by a locality VSMP authority must be
paid
Any person who violates..... shall be subject to a civil $32, 500
penalty not to exceed
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas that result in a land 2,500 ft^2, 1 acre
disturbance greater than or equal to ____ and less than
____
CBPA LDAs must have approved E&SC plan, approved SWM plan, local approval to start land disturbance,
long-term maintenance agreement, construction record drawings
CBPA LDAs do not require Construction GP, Pollution prevention Plan, Additional control measures to address
TMDL
State entities and linear projects ___ submit a single set of must, may
standards and specifications to DEQ for approval, federal
entities ____
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
The locality VSMP authority has ___ days to determine the 15
completeness of a stormwater management plan and to
notify the applicant of its determination
If the plan is complete and the applicant has been notified 60
within 15 days of submission, the locality VSMP authority
(plan reviewer) has ___ days from the time of notification
to review the plan
Operators of a single-family detached residential structures not required to submit a registration statement
that disturb equal to or greater than one acre of land are
