Associate Environmental Professional
NREP Certification Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
40 CFR p 70 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Establishes minimum standards for Title 5 Clean
Air Act permits
CWA §402 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Focuses on point-source pollutant discharge
permitting
CWA §404 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Details Army Corps of Engineers regulatory
requirements for the discharge of dredged/filled materials
The Clean Air Act was originally established in..
EPA was given regulatory authority in..
Significant amendments that vastly expanded what was addressed under the CAA were
passed in.. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1963; 1970; 1990
Criteria pollutants addressed under the CAA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Particle
pollution
2. Ground-level ozone
3. Carbon monoxide
4. Sulfur Oxides
5. Nitrogen Oxides
6. Lead
Criteria pollutants are regulated based on human health and environmental standards, termed
______ and ______ standards respectively. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Primary; secondary
Attainment area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Areas that possess cleaner air quality for
criteria pollutants than those set forth by CAA primary standards
, Non-attainment area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Denotes an area that is not in compliance
with primary standards for any criteria pollutant
While PM10 pollutants have been regulated under the CAA since _______, PM2.5 pollutants
(derived from smog) have only been regulated since _______. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1970; 1997
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability act was passed in
__________ and focused on ___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1980; the clean-up
of abandoned or otherwise neglected hazardous waste sites. Established a tax on polluting
industries that allowed the feds to respond directly to hazardous waste releases.
PPA §13103 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to develop a strategy to promote
source reduction
PPA §13104 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA given authority to provide grants to states to
promote source reduction by business
PPA §13105 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to establish database that contains
information on source reduction
PPA §13106 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Owners/operators of businesses that are required
to file toxic chemical release forms must include a toxic reduction and recycling report
CAA §7402 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Encourages cooperation between state, local,
federal and tribal governments to prevent and control air pollution
CAA §7403 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to establish national research and
development program for prevention and control of air pollution; also, EPA must facilitate
coordination amongst air pollution prevention and control agencies
CAA §7405 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA can make grants to air pollution prevention
and control agencies
NREP Certification Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
40 CFR p 70 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Establishes minimum standards for Title 5 Clean
Air Act permits
CWA §402 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Focuses on point-source pollutant discharge
permitting
CWA §404 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Details Army Corps of Engineers regulatory
requirements for the discharge of dredged/filled materials
The Clean Air Act was originally established in..
EPA was given regulatory authority in..
Significant amendments that vastly expanded what was addressed under the CAA were
passed in.. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1963; 1970; 1990
Criteria pollutants addressed under the CAA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Particle
pollution
2. Ground-level ozone
3. Carbon monoxide
4. Sulfur Oxides
5. Nitrogen Oxides
6. Lead
Criteria pollutants are regulated based on human health and environmental standards, termed
______ and ______ standards respectively. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Primary; secondary
Attainment area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Areas that possess cleaner air quality for
criteria pollutants than those set forth by CAA primary standards
, Non-attainment area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Denotes an area that is not in compliance
with primary standards for any criteria pollutant
While PM10 pollutants have been regulated under the CAA since _______, PM2.5 pollutants
(derived from smog) have only been regulated since _______. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1970; 1997
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability act was passed in
__________ and focused on ___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1980; the clean-up
of abandoned or otherwise neglected hazardous waste sites. Established a tax on polluting
industries that allowed the feds to respond directly to hazardous waste releases.
PPA §13103 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to develop a strategy to promote
source reduction
PPA §13104 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA given authority to provide grants to states to
promote source reduction by business
PPA §13105 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to establish database that contains
information on source reduction
PPA §13106 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Owners/operators of businesses that are required
to file toxic chemical release forms must include a toxic reduction and recycling report
CAA §7402 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Encourages cooperation between state, local,
federal and tribal governments to prevent and control air pollution
CAA §7403 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA mandated to establish national research and
development program for prevention and control of air pollution; also, EPA must facilitate
coordination amongst air pollution prevention and control agencies
CAA §7405 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅EPA can make grants to air pollution prevention
and control agencies
