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NPDES 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Corresponding Answers with Surety of
100% Pass Mark
MS4s - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Municipal separate stormwater systems
What are the objectives of the storm water regulations for small MS4s? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔purpose of this portion of the storm water program is to designate
additional sources that need to be regulated to protect water quality and to establish
a comprehensive storm water program to regulate these sources. (Because the
storm water program is part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Program, you should also refer to section 122.1 which addresses
the broader purpose of the NPDES program.)
(c) Storm water runoff continues to harm the nation's waters. Runoff from lands
modified by human activities can harm surface water resources in several ways
including changing natural hydrologic patterns and elevating pollutant
concentrations and loadings. Storm water runoff may contain or mobilize high
levels of contaminants, such as sediment, suspended solids, nutrients, heavy
metals, pathogens, toxins, oxygen-demanding substances, and floatables.
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(d) EPA and the Department strongly encourage partnerships and the watershed
approach as the management framework for efficiently, effectively, and
consistently protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and the public health
NPDES Permit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Contains limiting on:
Effluent limitations on Pollutants of concern;
Pollutant monitoring frequencies;
Reporting requirements;
Schedules of compliance, when appropriate;
Operating conditions;
Best management practices; and
Administrative requirements
Requirements on sludge disposal and use, ground water monitoring, surface water
monitoring, municipal pretreatment programs, etc. may also be included in NPDES
Permits.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
NPDES 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Corresponding Answers with Surety of
100% Pass Mark
MS4s - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Municipal separate stormwater systems
What are the objectives of the storm water regulations for small MS4s? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔purpose of this portion of the storm water program is to designate
additional sources that need to be regulated to protect water quality and to establish
a comprehensive storm water program to regulate these sources. (Because the
storm water program is part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Program, you should also refer to section 122.1 which addresses
the broader purpose of the NPDES program.)
(c) Storm water runoff continues to harm the nation's waters. Runoff from lands
modified by human activities can harm surface water resources in several ways
including changing natural hydrologic patterns and elevating pollutant
concentrations and loadings. Storm water runoff may contain or mobilize high
levels of contaminants, such as sediment, suspended solids, nutrients, heavy
metals, pathogens, toxins, oxygen-demanding substances, and floatables.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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(d) EPA and the Department strongly encourage partnerships and the watershed
approach as the management framework for efficiently, effectively, and
consistently protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and the public health
NPDES Permit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Contains limiting on:
Effluent limitations on Pollutants of concern;
Pollutant monitoring frequencies;
Reporting requirements;
Schedules of compliance, when appropriate;
Operating conditions;
Best management practices; and
Administrative requirements
Requirements on sludge disposal and use, ground water monitoring, surface water
monitoring, municipal pretreatment programs, etc. may also be included in NPDES
Permits.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 2
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
