CEPSCI PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

CEPSCI PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS


1972 bclean bwater bact b- bcorrect banswers✔✔Administered bby bthe bUS benvironmental
bprotection bagency b(EPA) bCreated bthe bNPDES


1987 b- bcorrect banswers✔✔Amendment bto bCWA bCALLED bWATER bQUALITY bACT

NPDES bin bsouth bcarolina b- bcorrect banswers✔✔South bCarolina bis bNPDES
bdelegated bstate.


NPDES bregulations bare badministered bby b- bcorrect banswers✔✔SCDHEC

CGP bauthorizes b- bcorrect banswers✔✔stormwater bdischarges bfrom bconstruction
bsites


Who bmust bobtain bNPDES bcoverage b- bcorrect banswers✔✔land bdisturbing bactivities
bgreater bthan bor bequal bto b1 bacre
-land bdisturbance bless bthan b1 bac bwithin b1/2 bmiles bof bwater bbody bin bSC bcostal
bzone


NPDES bpermits bare bissued bto b- bcorrect banswers✔✔operator-person bor bcompany
bfor ba bparticular bdischarge


primary bpermittee b- bcorrect banswers✔✔-has bday bto bday boperational bcontrol bto
bensure bcompliance bwith bSWPP
-typically bthe bowner bor bdeveloper

primary bpermittee bresponsibilites b- bcorrect banswers✔✔submit bNOI, bPreparation bof
bthe bC_SWPPP


Secondary bpermittee b- bcorrect banswers✔✔individual blot bowner bor bresidential
bbuilder bthat bconducts bland bdisturbing bactivity blimited bto ban bindividual blot bor bgroup
bof blots bas bpart bof bapproved bLCP bof bdevelopment

, contractors b- bcorrect banswers✔✔must bon bContractor bCertification- bD-0437

On-Site bSWPPP b- bcorrect banswers✔✔SCDHEC bCGP, bNOI, bNPDES bcoverage
bapproval bletter, bContractor bCertifications, bLocal bApprovals, bUSACE bapprovals,
bCritical barea bpermit(coast)


OS_SWPPP b- bcorrect banswers✔✔a bcopy bof bsigned band bcertified bSWPPP, bNOI,
band bCGP bcoverage bletter bfrom bDHEC bmust bbe bretained bat bsite bor belectronically
baccessible


minor bmodification bto bON-SWPPP b- bcorrect banswers✔✔minor bmodifications bmade
bdirectly bin bthe bfield,do bnot bneed bapproval bby bDHEC- badditional bBMP's, bremoval
bof bdisturbed bareas


major bmodifications bto bOS-SWPPP b- bcorrect banswers✔✔must bbe bmade bby
bqualified bindividual band bsubmitted bto bDHEC bor bappropriate bdelegated bentity bfor
bapproval


Phased bplan brequirement b> b5 b- bcorrect banswers✔✔include ba bphased bstormwater
bmanagement bplan bwhich bidentifies ball bBMP's band bgrading bwork bconducted bduring
ba bspecific bportion bof bthe bsites bconstruction bsequence. bEach bphase bidentified bon
bat bleast bone bseparate bplan bsheet.


Phased bplan brequirement b< b10 bbut b> b5 bacres b- bcorrect banswers✔✔at bleast btwo
bseparate bplan bphases bare brequired b- binitial bland bdisturbance bphase b- bstabilization
bphase


Phased bplan brequirement b≥ b10 bacres b- bcorrect banswers✔✔at bleast b3 bseparate
bplan bphases bare brequired b- binitial bland bdisturbance bphase b- bconstruction bphase b-
bstabilization bphase


All bcompliance binspection bmust binclude binvesg. bof, bat ba bminimum bof b5 bof bthe
bfollowing b- bcorrect banswers✔✔1. bareas bof bsite bdisturbed bby bconstruction bactivity
band bareas bused bfor bstorage bof bmaterials bexposed bto bprecipitation
2. bstormwater bconveyance bsystems bfor bevidence bof bsediment
3. bBMP's bidentified bin bOS-SWPPP
4. bDischarge blocation bto binvestigate bif bsediment bleaving bsite, bor bif bsuch blocations
bare binaccessible, bnearby bdownstream blocation bif bpossible.
5. bWhere bvehicles benter bor bexit bsite bfor bevidence bof boff-site bsediment btracking.

inspection bfrequency bafter bconstruction bbegins b- bcorrect banswers✔✔at bleast bonce
ba bweek bor bwithin b24 bhours bof bend bof bstorm bevent b>0.5 binches


Inspection bfrequency bfor bsites bthat bhave breached btemporary bstablization b- bcorrect
banswers✔✔Once bevery bmonth