NPDES COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What kind of water quality does a rim ditch system produce? - ✔✔The poorest water
quality with highest turbidity NTU levels.
✔✔What must a well-point and horizontal pump system have in order to function
properly? - ✔✔Primarily sandy soil.
✔✔What methods are used to manage (treat) nonstormwater discharges & remove
sediment from construction pumping? - ✔✔Sediment traps & basins, weir & dewatering
tanks, and chemical treatment.
✔✔FDEP General Permit for Dewatering requires that you be how many feet from a
"known contamination source?" - ✔✔500 feet or greater
✔✔What tools can be used by the permit applicant to determine the cleanup and
restoration status of a known contamination site? - ✔✔The Contamination Locator Map
(CLM) and the Institutional Controls Registry Web Viewer.
✔✔What must the permittee do if the discharge from their dewatering notices the
presence of a pollutant or pollutants such as a sheen, or odor? - ✔✔Cease operations
immediately, contact their DEP District Ground Water Section for guidance, and contact
the 24 Hour Reporting - State Warning Point.
✔✔When using chemical treatment systems, what should you remember? - ✔✔"The
right chemical at the right dosage."
✔✔What two are the most common and approved flocculant chemicals utilized to
control turbidity on a job site to reduce turbidity? - ✔✔Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM)
and Aluminum Sulfate (Alum).
✔✔Before discharging chemically treated water, what should you test for? - ✔✔pH and
turbidity limits.
✔✔The US EPA authorized Florida to implement the NPDES in what year: 1972/ 1999/
2000/ or 2007? - ✔✔2000
✔✔The NPDES Generic Permit for Florida in the phase II implemented was effective on
this year: 1979/2001/2005/2015? - ✔✔2015
✔✔A Large Construction activity results in disturbing ____ acres or more total land
area. - ✔✔five
, ✔✔What is a construction activity? Building a LEGO city/ clearing pine trees and
burning them/ building a garden shed behind your house/ and replacing windows and
doors in your home? - ✔✔Clearing pine trees and burning them
✔✔A road is a type of linear project? True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔Obtaining permit coverage is the responsibility of the: engineering firm/FDOT/
subcontractor/ the Operator. - ✔✔Operator
✔✔The person, firm, contractor, public organization, or other legal entity responsible for
construction is known as the: boss/ operator/ serve party/ improvement board? -
✔✔Operator
✔✔What should be the Operator's first step? Submit the NOI/ develop the perimeter
fencing around the area to be disturbed/ develop the SWPPP? - ✔✔Develop the
SWPPP
✔✔You can now complete and submit the NOI application and fee electronically? True
or False. - ✔✔True
✔✔After getting the NOI and the acknowledgement letter you can start clearing land?
True or False - Must wait 48 hours - ✔✔False
✔✔What do you do with the NOI once you receive it? You can file it/ send a copy to the
inspector/ put it in the garbage can DEP has a copy/post on the job board. - ✔✔Post on
the job board.
✔✔The CGP permit will allow you to do the following: Fill a wetland area/ dump
construction debris/ cause a water quality violation / perform construction activity. -
✔✔Perform construction activity
✔✔The Qualified Inspector is anyone who has: Read the CGP/ writes a SWPPP/ paid
the fee for the permit/ passed the FSESCI class. - ✔✔passed the FSESCI class
✔✔The SWPPP can exceed the requirements under Part IV of the CGP? True or False
- ✔✔True
✔✔Once your site has achieved final stabilization of 70% or greater you have how
many calendar days to submit an NOT? 7, 10, 14, 21 - ✔✔14
✔✔You can you transfer your NOI to a new contractor. True or False - ✔✔Flase
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What kind of water quality does a rim ditch system produce? - ✔✔The poorest water
quality with highest turbidity NTU levels.
✔✔What must a well-point and horizontal pump system have in order to function
properly? - ✔✔Primarily sandy soil.
✔✔What methods are used to manage (treat) nonstormwater discharges & remove
sediment from construction pumping? - ✔✔Sediment traps & basins, weir & dewatering
tanks, and chemical treatment.
✔✔FDEP General Permit for Dewatering requires that you be how many feet from a
"known contamination source?" - ✔✔500 feet or greater
✔✔What tools can be used by the permit applicant to determine the cleanup and
restoration status of a known contamination site? - ✔✔The Contamination Locator Map
(CLM) and the Institutional Controls Registry Web Viewer.
✔✔What must the permittee do if the discharge from their dewatering notices the
presence of a pollutant or pollutants such as a sheen, or odor? - ✔✔Cease operations
immediately, contact their DEP District Ground Water Section for guidance, and contact
the 24 Hour Reporting - State Warning Point.
✔✔When using chemical treatment systems, what should you remember? - ✔✔"The
right chemical at the right dosage."
✔✔What two are the most common and approved flocculant chemicals utilized to
control turbidity on a job site to reduce turbidity? - ✔✔Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM)
and Aluminum Sulfate (Alum).
✔✔Before discharging chemically treated water, what should you test for? - ✔✔pH and
turbidity limits.
✔✔The US EPA authorized Florida to implement the NPDES in what year: 1972/ 1999/
2000/ or 2007? - ✔✔2000
✔✔The NPDES Generic Permit for Florida in the phase II implemented was effective on
this year: 1979/2001/2005/2015? - ✔✔2015
✔✔A Large Construction activity results in disturbing ____ acres or more total land
area. - ✔✔five
, ✔✔What is a construction activity? Building a LEGO city/ clearing pine trees and
burning them/ building a garden shed behind your house/ and replacing windows and
doors in your home? - ✔✔Clearing pine trees and burning them
✔✔A road is a type of linear project? True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔Obtaining permit coverage is the responsibility of the: engineering firm/FDOT/
subcontractor/ the Operator. - ✔✔Operator
✔✔The person, firm, contractor, public organization, or other legal entity responsible for
construction is known as the: boss/ operator/ serve party/ improvement board? -
✔✔Operator
✔✔What should be the Operator's first step? Submit the NOI/ develop the perimeter
fencing around the area to be disturbed/ develop the SWPPP? - ✔✔Develop the
SWPPP
✔✔You can now complete and submit the NOI application and fee electronically? True
or False. - ✔✔True
✔✔After getting the NOI and the acknowledgement letter you can start clearing land?
True or False - Must wait 48 hours - ✔✔False
✔✔What do you do with the NOI once you receive it? You can file it/ send a copy to the
inspector/ put it in the garbage can DEP has a copy/post on the job board. - ✔✔Post on
the job board.
✔✔The CGP permit will allow you to do the following: Fill a wetland area/ dump
construction debris/ cause a water quality violation / perform construction activity. -
✔✔Perform construction activity
✔✔The Qualified Inspector is anyone who has: Read the CGP/ writes a SWPPP/ paid
the fee for the permit/ passed the FSESCI class. - ✔✔passed the FSESCI class
✔✔The SWPPP can exceed the requirements under Part IV of the CGP? True or False
- ✔✔True
✔✔Once your site has achieved final stabilization of 70% or greater you have how
many calendar days to submit an NOT? 7, 10, 14, 21 - ✔✔14
✔✔You can you transfer your NOI to a new contractor. True or False - ✔✔Flase
