CESSWI Exam Section 1 Introduction Questions With Correct Answers!!

Best Management Practices (BMPs) - Answer-cover a wide range of measures that are used to reduce or control sediment, stormwater, and other pollutants within a specified area. The CESSWI will need to know: - Objectives and Targeted Pollutants - Applications/Limitations - Implementation Considerations - Inspecting - Maintenance - Potentially Associated BMPs The Clean Water Act - Answer-The fundamental purpose of the Clean Water act is to protect the beneficial uses of surface waters. Originally the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1948), as amended in 1972 and 1977, was enacted with the intent of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the United States. Regulated by the EPA. Section 401 of CWA - Water Quality Certification - Answer-Requires that any applicant for a federal permit to conduct any activity, including the construction or operation of a facility that may result in the discharge of any pollutant, must obtain certification of those activities from the state in which the discharge originates. Section 402 of CWA - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Regulations - AnswerRequires that all construction sites on an acre or greater of land, as well as municipal, industrial and commercial facilities discharging wastewater or stormwater directly from a point source (a pipe, ditch or channel) into a surface water of the United States (a lake, river, and/or ocean) must obtain permission under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. All NPDES permits are written to ensure the Nation's receiving waters will achieve specified Water Quality Standards (WQS). POTW - Answer-Publicly Owned Treatment Works MS4s - Answer-Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems Section 404 of CWA - Dredge/Fill Permitting - Answer-Established a permit program to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. The program's scope alsoincludes the regulation of discharges of dredged or fill material onto wetlands adjacent to national waters. This permit program is administered by the Secretary of the Army through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA) - Section 6217 - Answer-Requires the development of a Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Management Plan for every designated state under coastal zone jurisdiction. The purpose of each plan is to address the nonpoint source pollution concerns for coastal zone areas. Stormwater - Answer-Stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage. To be subject to the NPDES stormwater regulations, stormwater must be in "any discernable, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged.