VA DEQ ESC Inspector Exam
1st Line of Defense - ANS-Vegetative Eroision Control
- inexpesive
- smooth to put in
2d Line of Defense - ANS-Structural Sediment Control
- pricey
- Requires Maintenance
800 Hour Work Experience Form - ANS-individuals with at the least 800 hours of on-the-job
paintings revel in as a stormwater management application administrator, inspector, plan
reviewer, or combined administrator may also entire the form on the DEQ internet site as
opposed to finishing the DEQ education guides
*nevertheless ought to pass the examination
9VAC25-840-80 - ANS-Criteria for figuring out status of land-disturbing activity
A. Program administrator shall decide the validity of a claim of exempt status with the aid of
a property owner who disturbs 10,000 sf or extra or 2,500 sf or extra in all areas of
jurisdictions certain as difficulty to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and
Management Regulations (9VAC25-830); as soon as nonexempt repute is determined, the
requirements of the Act shall be without delay enforced.
B. Have to a land-demanding interest no longer start for the duration of the one hundred
eighty-day period following plan approval or give up for more than one hundred eighty days,
the VESCP authority may evaluate the present authorized erosion and sediment manipulate
plan to determine whether the plan nevertheless satisfies nearby and nation erosion and
sediment manage standards and to verify that each one layout factors are nonetheless valid;
if VESCP authority locate the formerly filed plan to be inadequate, a changed plan shall be
submitted and accepted previous to the resumption of land-annoying hobby (no
grand-fathering in erosion)
Activities Exempt from LDA Regulations - ANS-- minor land-disturbing sports inclusive of
domestic gardens/landscaping, domestic repairs and renovation
- person provider connections
,- set up, renovation, or restore of any underground public software traces whilst such activity
occurrs on existing hard surfaced street, road, or sidewalk, provided the LDA is confined to
the area of the road, street, or sidewalk that is hard surfaced
- Septic tank lines or discharge fields except protected in an overall plan for LDA relating to
creation of the building to be served by using the septic tank device
- planting plants, making feedlots
- railroad shit
- emergencies!!! Wee-wooo-wee-woo
Adequate ESC Plan MUST - ANS-- meet requirements of ESC laws and policies
- statisfy minimum standards of the VA ESC Regs
- comply with more stringent standards required by way of the locality
- encompass the applicable specifications from the ESC Handbook (titled and numbered)
- contain sufficient information to guarantee the plan-approving authority that ability issues of
erosion and sedimentation were appropriately addressed
- consist of a plan evaluate checklist as required by way of the locality
Annual Standards and Specifications - ANS-Entities that perform a signficant quantity of
LDAs can document with DEQ a general ESC standards and specs to define how all LDAs
might be carried out.
- Linear Ventures (electric powered, herbal fuel, cellphone, and many others.), interstate and
intrastate pipeline, and railroad organizations are MUST put up requirements and
specifications to DEQ.
- Federal entities (water, sewer, etc.) MAY put up requirements and specs to DEQ
- Standards and specifications must be steady with the ESC and SWM regulation and rules.
- Must be fiked ANNUALLY and DEQ has 60 DAYS to comment
Approved ESC Plan - ANS-- Before ANY AGENCY can issue constructing or different
permits for sports regarding LDAs, regulated by means of the ESC legal guidelines, the
applicant should encompass an accredited ESC plan and certification that the plan might be
followed.
- Approval is given by way of VESCP authority
- If also subject to SWM Act, this plan should also be authorized and included earlier than
LDAs can begin (approval from VSMP authority)
Can you re-certify within the ultimate 365 days with out dropping the time of your
certification? - ANS-Yes, time will be brought on your certification
, you need 18 touch hours in 3 years
Channel Erosion - ANS-can occur in ways; usually you may study vertical sides and
down-cutting of the receiving channel
1. When gullies aren't repaired in time and large volumes of water increase the scale of the
gully
2. In existing streams or drainage ways while the extent and pace of glide destroys the
structural integrity of stream beds and banks
Circumstances for Issuing a Stop Work Order - ANS-1. Failure to conform with an ESC plan
(documented by inspection reviews), accompanied by issuance of note to comply, and then
failure to implement corrective measures with the aid of deadline
2. LDA started out without accredited ESC plan or required permits
three. Alledged noncompliance is inflicting or is ready to cause harmful erosion of lands or
sediment deposition in waters inside the watersheds of the commonwealth
Climate - ANS-precipitation kind; rainfall intensity and raindrop size; snow soften; and
temperature extremes (freezing, excessive heat)
Combined Administrator - ANS-anyone who's chargeable for acting the blended obligations
of program adminstrator, plan reviewer and challenge inspector of a VESCP authority
Common Bulk Density Measurements - ANS-- undisturbed lands wooded area and
woodlands = 0 1.03 g/cc
- residential neighborhoods - 1.Sixty nine to one.97 g/cc
- golfing courses/parks athletic fields = 1.Sixty nine to at least one.Ninety seven g/cc
- concrete = 2.2 g/cc
Concave slopes - ANS-slopes which flatten at the lower give up
commonly herbal
Concentrated Flow - ANS-A result of the intensity of sheet flow and irregularities in the soil
surface (low spots, depressions, rocks, plant stems, roots, and so forth.).
Runoff starts offevolved in tiny rills and then expands into massive gullies, aquiring extra
electricity to detach and delivery soil debris.
> water quantity = > speed and turbulence = > soil dislodged
Suspended soil particles strike and abrade the soils surface like sandpaper, causing greater
soil particles to detach and mobilize, in addition growing abrasive force.
1st Line of Defense - ANS-Vegetative Eroision Control
- inexpesive
- smooth to put in
2d Line of Defense - ANS-Structural Sediment Control
- pricey
- Requires Maintenance
800 Hour Work Experience Form - ANS-individuals with at the least 800 hours of on-the-job
paintings revel in as a stormwater management application administrator, inspector, plan
reviewer, or combined administrator may also entire the form on the DEQ internet site as
opposed to finishing the DEQ education guides
*nevertheless ought to pass the examination
9VAC25-840-80 - ANS-Criteria for figuring out status of land-disturbing activity
A. Program administrator shall decide the validity of a claim of exempt status with the aid of
a property owner who disturbs 10,000 sf or extra or 2,500 sf or extra in all areas of
jurisdictions certain as difficulty to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and
Management Regulations (9VAC25-830); as soon as nonexempt repute is determined, the
requirements of the Act shall be without delay enforced.
B. Have to a land-demanding interest no longer start for the duration of the one hundred
eighty-day period following plan approval or give up for more than one hundred eighty days,
the VESCP authority may evaluate the present authorized erosion and sediment manipulate
plan to determine whether the plan nevertheless satisfies nearby and nation erosion and
sediment manage standards and to verify that each one layout factors are nonetheless valid;
if VESCP authority locate the formerly filed plan to be inadequate, a changed plan shall be
submitted and accepted previous to the resumption of land-annoying hobby (no
grand-fathering in erosion)
Activities Exempt from LDA Regulations - ANS-- minor land-disturbing sports inclusive of
domestic gardens/landscaping, domestic repairs and renovation
- person provider connections
,- set up, renovation, or restore of any underground public software traces whilst such activity
occurrs on existing hard surfaced street, road, or sidewalk, provided the LDA is confined to
the area of the road, street, or sidewalk that is hard surfaced
- Septic tank lines or discharge fields except protected in an overall plan for LDA relating to
creation of the building to be served by using the septic tank device
- planting plants, making feedlots
- railroad shit
- emergencies!!! Wee-wooo-wee-woo
Adequate ESC Plan MUST - ANS-- meet requirements of ESC laws and policies
- statisfy minimum standards of the VA ESC Regs
- comply with more stringent standards required by way of the locality
- encompass the applicable specifications from the ESC Handbook (titled and numbered)
- contain sufficient information to guarantee the plan-approving authority that ability issues of
erosion and sedimentation were appropriately addressed
- consist of a plan evaluate checklist as required by way of the locality
Annual Standards and Specifications - ANS-Entities that perform a signficant quantity of
LDAs can document with DEQ a general ESC standards and specs to define how all LDAs
might be carried out.
- Linear Ventures (electric powered, herbal fuel, cellphone, and many others.), interstate and
intrastate pipeline, and railroad organizations are MUST put up requirements and
specifications to DEQ.
- Federal entities (water, sewer, etc.) MAY put up requirements and specs to DEQ
- Standards and specifications must be steady with the ESC and SWM regulation and rules.
- Must be fiked ANNUALLY and DEQ has 60 DAYS to comment
Approved ESC Plan - ANS-- Before ANY AGENCY can issue constructing or different
permits for sports regarding LDAs, regulated by means of the ESC legal guidelines, the
applicant should encompass an accredited ESC plan and certification that the plan might be
followed.
- Approval is given by way of VESCP authority
- If also subject to SWM Act, this plan should also be authorized and included earlier than
LDAs can begin (approval from VSMP authority)
Can you re-certify within the ultimate 365 days with out dropping the time of your
certification? - ANS-Yes, time will be brought on your certification
, you need 18 touch hours in 3 years
Channel Erosion - ANS-can occur in ways; usually you may study vertical sides and
down-cutting of the receiving channel
1. When gullies aren't repaired in time and large volumes of water increase the scale of the
gully
2. In existing streams or drainage ways while the extent and pace of glide destroys the
structural integrity of stream beds and banks
Circumstances for Issuing a Stop Work Order - ANS-1. Failure to conform with an ESC plan
(documented by inspection reviews), accompanied by issuance of note to comply, and then
failure to implement corrective measures with the aid of deadline
2. LDA started out without accredited ESC plan or required permits
three. Alledged noncompliance is inflicting or is ready to cause harmful erosion of lands or
sediment deposition in waters inside the watersheds of the commonwealth
Climate - ANS-precipitation kind; rainfall intensity and raindrop size; snow soften; and
temperature extremes (freezing, excessive heat)
Combined Administrator - ANS-anyone who's chargeable for acting the blended obligations
of program adminstrator, plan reviewer and challenge inspector of a VESCP authority
Common Bulk Density Measurements - ANS-- undisturbed lands wooded area and
woodlands = 0 1.03 g/cc
- residential neighborhoods - 1.Sixty nine to one.97 g/cc
- golfing courses/parks athletic fields = 1.Sixty nine to at least one.Ninety seven g/cc
- concrete = 2.2 g/cc
Concave slopes - ANS-slopes which flatten at the lower give up
commonly herbal
Concentrated Flow - ANS-A result of the intensity of sheet flow and irregularities in the soil
surface (low spots, depressions, rocks, plant stems, roots, and so forth.).
Runoff starts offevolved in tiny rills and then expands into massive gullies, aquiring extra
electricity to detach and delivery soil debris.
> water quantity = > speed and turbulence = > soil dislodged
Suspended soil particles strike and abrade the soils surface like sandpaper, causing greater
soil particles to detach and mobilize, in addition growing abrasive force.
