QISP Module 1 Quizzes with Complete
Solutions
Which of the following is a Discharger's responsibility for the Off-Site Compliance Option
agreement submittal schedule? - Answer- Discharger must certify and submit an
updated SWPPP at least 7 days prior to initial agreement implementation.
Which existing infiltration basins must be retrofitted to meet the On-Site Compliance
Option? - Answer- Only existing basins where the Discharger chooses to pursue the
On-Site Compliance Option and where the basins do not currently meet all the
requirements for the On-Site Compliance Option.
Where can a BMP that is designed to meet the Off-Site Compliance Option sizing be
located? - Answer- Any location where industrial discharges enter the Off-Site BMP
prior to reaching a water of the State or United States
True or False: A discharger is required to monitor for industrial pollutants present at the
facility with the potential to discharge regardless of whether the immediate receiving
water body is impaired for the same pollutant. - Answer- true
True or False: SMARTS will not provide a list of impairments in the HUC10 of a
discharger - Answer- false
Fill in the blank: The determination of whether or not a facility is located within a
particular HUC 10 watershed is a part of the process for the initial ________________
______________ ______________ - Answer- pollutant source assessment
Where can the 303(d) list of impaired water bodies be found? - Answer- Appendix 3 of
the IGP
True or false: if a waterbody has 303(d) listed impairment(s), a discharger must sample
for the impairment(s) no matter what - Answer- False. Facilities are not required to
sample for a certain impairment if the industrial activity done there are unlikely
contributors.
A discharger is part of a facility that is unlikely to contribute pathogens to a receiving
water listed as impaired for pathogens via 303(d) water bodies list. In which scenario
would they have to sample for pathogens? - Answer- If pathogens were identified in
their pollutant source assessment.
, A new discharger is applying for NOI coverage. What are the three situations in which
they would be considered "discharging directly to a 303(d) impaired water body" -
Answer- 1. Directly discharging to an impaired water body
2. directly discharging to an impaired reach
3. discharges through an MS4 conveyance that directly discharges to a 303(d) listed
water body.
True or false: If a facility is discharging to a tributary that is not 303(d) listed as impaired,
then they are not discharging to a 303(d) listed impaired water body - Answer- True,
even if that tributary eventually contributes to a reach that is listed as impaired
what three things do NOT disqualify a QSE nor negate the discharger's responsibilities
for sampling the required number of QSE's? - Answer- 1. inappropriate sample
collection
2. lack of qualified staff
3. laboratory error
True or False: an employee parking lot qualifies as an industrial activities location -
Answer- false
Fill in the blank: The discharger may authorize an analytical laboratory to combine
samples of equal volume from as many as _____ discharge locations within a drainage
area - Answer- 4
Dischargers may utilize qualified combined samples only if: (3 qualifiers) within each of
the drainage areas are substantially similar to one another - Answer- 1. industrial
activities
2. BMPs
3. physical characteristics
What does it mean if a discharge location is commingled? - Answer- The sampling
location of that discharge will contain stormwater or run-on from outside the facility/from
non industrial sources
How long can you wait between start of discharge and time of sample collection? -
Answer- no more than four hours
he Advanced BMPs section of the IGP directly cites - Answer- infiltration, reuse,
containment and volume reduction BMPs as advanced.
Two main factors in determining if a spill or leak is significant is ____. Significant leaks
must be reported in the SWPPP for the past 5 years - Answer- 1) the potential of a
discharge and 2) the ability to immediately clean up the spill or leak prior to the
discharge or commingling with storm water.
Solutions
Which of the following is a Discharger's responsibility for the Off-Site Compliance Option
agreement submittal schedule? - Answer- Discharger must certify and submit an
updated SWPPP at least 7 days prior to initial agreement implementation.
Which existing infiltration basins must be retrofitted to meet the On-Site Compliance
Option? - Answer- Only existing basins where the Discharger chooses to pursue the
On-Site Compliance Option and where the basins do not currently meet all the
requirements for the On-Site Compliance Option.
Where can a BMP that is designed to meet the Off-Site Compliance Option sizing be
located? - Answer- Any location where industrial discharges enter the Off-Site BMP
prior to reaching a water of the State or United States
True or False: A discharger is required to monitor for industrial pollutants present at the
facility with the potential to discharge regardless of whether the immediate receiving
water body is impaired for the same pollutant. - Answer- true
True or False: SMARTS will not provide a list of impairments in the HUC10 of a
discharger - Answer- false
Fill in the blank: The determination of whether or not a facility is located within a
particular HUC 10 watershed is a part of the process for the initial ________________
______________ ______________ - Answer- pollutant source assessment
Where can the 303(d) list of impaired water bodies be found? - Answer- Appendix 3 of
the IGP
True or false: if a waterbody has 303(d) listed impairment(s), a discharger must sample
for the impairment(s) no matter what - Answer- False. Facilities are not required to
sample for a certain impairment if the industrial activity done there are unlikely
contributors.
A discharger is part of a facility that is unlikely to contribute pathogens to a receiving
water listed as impaired for pathogens via 303(d) water bodies list. In which scenario
would they have to sample for pathogens? - Answer- If pathogens were identified in
their pollutant source assessment.
, A new discharger is applying for NOI coverage. What are the three situations in which
they would be considered "discharging directly to a 303(d) impaired water body" -
Answer- 1. Directly discharging to an impaired water body
2. directly discharging to an impaired reach
3. discharges through an MS4 conveyance that directly discharges to a 303(d) listed
water body.
True or false: If a facility is discharging to a tributary that is not 303(d) listed as impaired,
then they are not discharging to a 303(d) listed impaired water body - Answer- True,
even if that tributary eventually contributes to a reach that is listed as impaired
what three things do NOT disqualify a QSE nor negate the discharger's responsibilities
for sampling the required number of QSE's? - Answer- 1. inappropriate sample
collection
2. lack of qualified staff
3. laboratory error
True or False: an employee parking lot qualifies as an industrial activities location -
Answer- false
Fill in the blank: The discharger may authorize an analytical laboratory to combine
samples of equal volume from as many as _____ discharge locations within a drainage
area - Answer- 4
Dischargers may utilize qualified combined samples only if: (3 qualifiers) within each of
the drainage areas are substantially similar to one another - Answer- 1. industrial
activities
2. BMPs
3. physical characteristics
What does it mean if a discharge location is commingled? - Answer- The sampling
location of that discharge will contain stormwater or run-on from outside the facility/from
non industrial sources
How long can you wait between start of discharge and time of sample collection? -
Answer- no more than four hours
he Advanced BMPs section of the IGP directly cites - Answer- infiltration, reuse,
containment and volume reduction BMPs as advanced.
Two main factors in determining if a spill or leak is significant is ____. Significant leaks
must be reported in the SWPPP for the past 5 years - Answer- 1) the potential of a
discharge and 2) the ability to immediately clean up the spill or leak prior to the
discharge or commingling with storm water.
