SWM DEQ Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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1. The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is authorized by the
and administered through the
Answer: Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater Management Program
Regulation
2. VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater from
construction activities that are
Answer: greater than or equal to an acre
3. The Stormwater Management Act requires the StateWater Control Board to
Answer: permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
4. DEQ has days to complete review ofrealor potentialinter-jurisdictional impacts
upon request
Answer: 90
5. The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to ob- tain and
maintain a certificate of competency
Answer: staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard
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,and specification holders
6. The dual certificate will expire three years from
Answer: the latest date of the certifi- cates
7. SWM plan must be approved by before landdisturbance
Answer: VSMP program authority
8. The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of of totalphos-
phorus for new development
Answer: 0.41 lbs/acre/year
9. The phosphorus load limit uses the
Answer: 10% impervious cover
10. Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses
Answer: channel protection and flood protection
11. Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved?
Answer: SWM plan, ESC plan
12. Does the SWMplan address runoff during or after construction?
Answer: post-con- struction
13. What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in stream
degradation?
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, Answer: 10%
14. What do land disturbing activities consist of?
Answer: excavating, clearing, grading
15. LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation
Answer: 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
16. In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs were related to
emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the disturbance within
Answer: 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days
of starting the land-disturbing activity
17. Localities with MS4
Answer: must adopt and administer a stormwater program
18. Localities without MS4
Answer: may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
19. DEQ is responsible for enforcing the while locality are respon- sible for
enforcing local ordinances
Answer: Construction GP, VSMP
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100% Verified Graded A+
1. The Virginia Stormwater Management Program is authorized by the
and administered through the
Answer: Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Virginia Stormwater Management Program
Regulation
2. VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater from
construction activities that are
Answer: greater than or equal to an acre
3. The Stormwater Management Act requires the StateWater Control Board to
Answer: permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
4. DEQ has days to complete review ofrealor potentialinter-jurisdictional impacts
upon request
Answer: 90
5. The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to ob- tain and
maintain a certificate of competency
Answer: staff of a stormwater program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard
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,and specification holders
6. The dual certificate will expire three years from
Answer: the latest date of the certifi- cates
7. SWM plan must be approved by before landdisturbance
Answer: VSMP program authority
8. The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of of totalphos-
phorus for new development
Answer: 0.41 lbs/acre/year
9. The phosphorus load limit uses the
Answer: 10% impervious cover
10. Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses
Answer: channel protection and flood protection
11. Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved?
Answer: SWM plan, ESC plan
12. Does the SWMplan address runoff during or after construction?
Answer: post-con- struction
13. What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in stream
degradation?
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, Answer: 10%
14. What do land disturbing activities consist of?
Answer: excavating, clearing, grading
15. LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation
Answer: 1 acre or 2500 square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
16. In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs were related to
emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the disturbance within
Answer: 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a permit application within 30 days
of starting the land-disturbing activity
17. Localities with MS4
Answer: must adopt and administer a stormwater program
18. Localities without MS4
Answer: may choose to administer a VSMP or have DEQ administer the program
19. DEQ is responsible for enforcing the while locality are respon- sible for
enforcing local ordinances
Answer: Construction GP, VSMP
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