SWM DEQ EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.

SWM DEQ EXAM WITH CORRECT
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The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is authorized by
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the ______ and administered through the ______ - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia
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Stormwater Management Program Regulation |\ |\ |\




VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of
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stormwater from construction activities that are - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔greater than or equal to an acre
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The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water
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Control Board to - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔permit, regulate, and
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control stormwater runoff
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DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential inter-
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jurisdictional impacts upon request - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔90
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The Stormwater Management Act requires the following
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individuals to obtain and maintain a certificate of competency -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔staff of a stormwater program, anyone
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contracted by a VSMP authority, standard and specification
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holders


The dual certificate will expire three years from - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔the latest date of the certificates
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,SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land disturbance -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔VSMP program authority |\ |\ |\ |\




The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of ____ of
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total phosphorus for new development - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔0.41 lbs/acre/year |\




The phosphorus load limit uses the - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔10%
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impervious cover
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Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔channel protection and flood protection
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Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔SWM plan, ESC plan |\ |\ |\ |\




Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after construction? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔post-construction |\ |\




What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can
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result in stream degradation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔10%
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What do land disturbing activities consist of? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔excavating, clearing, grading |\ |\ |\

, LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake Bay
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Preservation Act |\




In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because
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LDAs were related to emergency work, VSMP authority shall be
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advised of the disturbance within - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7
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days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit
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application within 30 days of starting the land-disturbing activity
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Localities with MS4 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔must adopt and
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administer a stormwater program |\ |\ |\




Localities without MS4 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔may choose to
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administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality ____ are
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responsible for enforcing local ordinances - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Construction GP, VSMP |\ |\




A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement authority and
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a schedule of civil penalties for enforcement actions in its local
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ordinance. The maximum penalty the authority may issue is -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔$32,500 per violation per day |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a summons
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issued by a locality VSMP authority must be paid - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔into the locality's treasury |\ |\ |\ |\