CESSWI Study Modules Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
SWMP - ✔✔Stormwater Management Plan
ESCP - ✔✔Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) - ✔✔First significant water
pollution act. Focused primarily on two items:
1. Gave the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service authority to prepare programs
for reducing interstate water pollution and improve the sanitary condition of surface
and underground waters.
2. Gave the Federal Works Agency (FWA) authority to assist states, municipalities, and
interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of
inadequately treated sewage and other wastes into interstate waters.
1952 and 1955 Amendments to the FWPCA - ✔✔The 1952 amendment extended the act
for three years.
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, The 1955 Amendment made the act permanent.
1961 Amendments to the FWPCA - ✔✔The 1961 amendment is the initial regulation
that keyed into special designation resources.
Demanded that federal agencies, when surveying or planning for any reservoir, must
consider storage to regulate streamflow for water quality control.
1970 Reorganization Plans #3 and #4 - ✔✔Reorganization Plan #3 created the EPA,
abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of Interior, and
transferred to EPA all functions formerly assigned to the Secretary of Interior and the
Department of Interior which had been administered through the Federal Water
Quality Administration.
Reorganization Plan #4 established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
1972 Amendment to the FWPCA/The Clean Water Act (CWA) - ✔✔This amendment
then changed the FWPCA to the Clean Water Act.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
SWMP - ✔✔Stormwater Management Plan
ESCP - ✔✔Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) - ✔✔First significant water
pollution act. Focused primarily on two items:
1. Gave the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service authority to prepare programs
for reducing interstate water pollution and improve the sanitary condition of surface
and underground waters.
2. Gave the Federal Works Agency (FWA) authority to assist states, municipalities, and
interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of
inadequately treated sewage and other wastes into interstate waters.
1952 and 1955 Amendments to the FWPCA - ✔✔The 1952 amendment extended the act
for three years.
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, The 1955 Amendment made the act permanent.
1961 Amendments to the FWPCA - ✔✔The 1961 amendment is the initial regulation
that keyed into special designation resources.
Demanded that federal agencies, when surveying or planning for any reservoir, must
consider storage to regulate streamflow for water quality control.
1970 Reorganization Plans #3 and #4 - ✔✔Reorganization Plan #3 created the EPA,
abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of Interior, and
transferred to EPA all functions formerly assigned to the Secretary of Interior and the
Department of Interior which had been administered through the Federal Water
Quality Administration.
Reorganization Plan #4 established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
1972 Amendment to the FWPCA/The Clean Water Act (CWA) - ✔✔This amendment
then changed the FWPCA to the Clean Water Act.
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