CPESC Latest Exam with precise detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Erosion - correct answer✔✔The process in which by the actions of wind or water, soil
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particles are detached and transported ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sediment - correct answer✔✔Eroded material suspended in wind or water ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sedimentation - correct answer✔✔The deposition of eroded material ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Erosion process - correct answer✔✔1. Rain hitting the surface to dislodge significant
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amounts of pollutants ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. sheet flow overland
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3. unchecked erosion leading to formation of channels
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4. reciving water bears the impact
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Splash erosion - correct answer✔✔Rain drop impact energy is enough to dislodge surface
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sediments
Sheet erosion - correct answer✔✔Caused by rain splash detaching soil particles, lifting them
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up and removing them by shallow sheets of water
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Rill erosion - correct answer✔✔as flow concentrates small channels begin to form
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gully erosion - correct answer✔✔Gullies are formed when runoff cuts rills deper and wider
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or when flows from several rills come together to form a large channel
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,Channel erosion - correct answer✔✔channels may be unstable due to increased
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flows/changes in upstream sediment load ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Slope failure - correct answer✔✔Left unattended, erosion can cause catastrophic failure of
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roads or other facilities
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Natural erosion - correct answer✔✔generally considered to be due to the influence of
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climatic forces on the surface of the earth
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Accelerated erosion - correct answer✔✔Natural erosion coupled with human activities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
In-stream damages - correct answer✔✔may include destruction of spawning areas, food
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sources, habitat ||\\//||
Suspended material - correct answer✔✔Sediment may affect light penetration, channel
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stability, fisheries & habitat ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Off-stream damages - correct answer✔✔Increased flood hazards, increased water treatment
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costs, decreased capacity in conveyance facilities
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Storm water regulations - correct answer✔✔to restore and maintain the beneficial uses of
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our nations water. EPA has ultimate regulatory authority
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Federal regulations - correct answer✔✔Clean water act is to restore and manintain the
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chemical, physical and biological integrity of our nations waters
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NPDES phase I facilities - correct answer✔✔those with an existing permit, those with
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industrial activity, large municipal separate storm sewer systems
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, CWA 1987 - correct answer✔✔EPA guidance and rules Nov 16, 1990
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Regulations are challenged by NRDC - correct answer✔✔exemptions for light industries ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
construction sites less than 5 acres epa issues general permits in 1992 epa issued baseline ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
general permits for industrial discharges construction sites and multi sector operators
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Phase II dischargers - correct answer✔✔commercial retail light industrial and institutional
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facilities; construction activity on one to five acres ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
CWA section 410 - correct answer✔✔water quality certification is required for any applicant
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for a federal permit to conduct any activity which may result in the discharge of any
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pollutant
CWA 404 - correct answer✔✔Regulates discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of
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the united states, administered by army corps of engineers
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CWA 303 - correct answer✔✔states must adopt water quality standards to serve the
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purposes of the CWA, must restore and maintian their chemical, biological, physical integrity,
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must be fishable and swimable
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CZARA - correct answer✔✔Costal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 require
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development of costal nonpoint pollution control program management plan for all costal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
zone states ||\\//||
Storm water discharge - correct answer✔✔storm water runoff, snow melt and surface runoff
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Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) - correct answer✔✔Defines the amount of a particular
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pollutant that a water body can absorb on a daily basis without violating water quality
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standards
Erosion - correct answer✔✔The process in which by the actions of wind or water, soil
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particles are detached and transported ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sediment - correct answer✔✔Eroded material suspended in wind or water ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Sedimentation - correct answer✔✔The deposition of eroded material ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Erosion process - correct answer✔✔1. Rain hitting the surface to dislodge significant
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
amounts of pollutants ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. sheet flow overland
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3. unchecked erosion leading to formation of channels
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
4. reciving water bears the impact
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Splash erosion - correct answer✔✔Rain drop impact energy is enough to dislodge surface
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
sediments
Sheet erosion - correct answer✔✔Caused by rain splash detaching soil particles, lifting them
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
up and removing them by shallow sheets of water
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Rill erosion - correct answer✔✔as flow concentrates small channels begin to form
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
gully erosion - correct answer✔✔Gullies are formed when runoff cuts rills deper and wider
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
or when flows from several rills come together to form a large channel
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,Channel erosion - correct answer✔✔channels may be unstable due to increased
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
flows/changes in upstream sediment load ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Slope failure - correct answer✔✔Left unattended, erosion can cause catastrophic failure of
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
roads or other facilities
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Natural erosion - correct answer✔✔generally considered to be due to the influence of
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
climatic forces on the surface of the earth
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Accelerated erosion - correct answer✔✔Natural erosion coupled with human activities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
In-stream damages - correct answer✔✔may include destruction of spawning areas, food
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
sources, habitat ||\\//||
Suspended material - correct answer✔✔Sediment may affect light penetration, channel
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
stability, fisheries & habitat ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Off-stream damages - correct answer✔✔Increased flood hazards, increased water treatment
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
costs, decreased capacity in conveyance facilities
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Storm water regulations - correct answer✔✔to restore and maintain the beneficial uses of
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
our nations water. EPA has ultimate regulatory authority
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Federal regulations - correct answer✔✔Clean water act is to restore and manintain the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
chemical, physical and biological integrity of our nations waters
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
NPDES phase I facilities - correct answer✔✔those with an existing permit, those with
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
industrial activity, large municipal separate storm sewer systems
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, CWA 1987 - correct answer✔✔EPA guidance and rules Nov 16, 1990
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Regulations are challenged by NRDC - correct answer✔✔exemptions for light industries ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
construction sites less than 5 acres epa issues general permits in 1992 epa issued baseline ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
general permits for industrial discharges construction sites and multi sector operators
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Phase II dischargers - correct answer✔✔commercial retail light industrial and institutional
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
facilities; construction activity on one to five acres ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
CWA section 410 - correct answer✔✔water quality certification is required for any applicant
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
for a federal permit to conduct any activity which may result in the discharge of any
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pollutant
CWA 404 - correct answer✔✔Regulates discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the united states, administered by army corps of engineers
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
CWA 303 - correct answer✔✔states must adopt water quality standards to serve the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
purposes of the CWA, must restore and maintian their chemical, biological, physical integrity,
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
must be fishable and swimable
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
CZARA - correct answer✔✔Costal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 require
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
development of costal nonpoint pollution control program management plan for all costal ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
zone states ||\\//||
Storm water discharge - correct answer✔✔storm water runoff, snow melt and surface runoff
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) - correct answer✔✔Defines the amount of a particular
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
pollutant that a water body can absorb on a daily basis without violating water quality
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standards
