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What does the acronym NPDES stand for? - correct answer✔✔National Pollutant Discharge
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Elimination System ||\\//||
True / False: The NPDES requirements apply only to discharges of storm-water either directly
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or through a municipal separate storm drain system, to waters of the US. - correct
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answer✔✔2.1.1.6 ||\\//||
True
What does the acronym TMDL stand for? Define it? - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.10
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Total Maximum Daily Load. The amount of a particular pollutant that a water body can
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assimilate on a daily basis without violating applicable water quality standards. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Define TMDL - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.10 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The TMDL defines the amount of a particular pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a
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daily basis without violating applicable water quality standards. (Water quality standards
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usually predetermined by the state.) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are the two types of storm-water permits issued under the NPDES Program? - correct
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answer✔✔2.2.1
1. The Construction General Permit (CGP).
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2. The individual permit designed to fit the specific requirements of a particular applicant,
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facility, or activity. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, If deficiencies are found during a SWPPP inspection, how quickly do they need to be
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corrected? - correct answer✔✔No later than seven days after the inspection. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
List three types of pollutants. - correct answer✔✔2.1
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Nutrients,pathogens, heavy metals, toxics, sediment, salts, detergents, hydro-carbons,oxygen ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
absorbing substances. ||\\//||
List three examples of 'Waters of the United States'. - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.6
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Lakes,rivers, streams, mudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
playa lakes, natural ponds. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When does the SWPPP need to be completed? - correct answer✔✔2.3.6.4
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Prior to submitting the NOI. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When does the EPA's construction permit require inspections? - correct answer✔✔Every 7
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days, or within 24 hrs of a storm of 0.5 inches or move in depth.
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What does CPESC stand for? - correct answer✔✔Certified Professional in Erosion & Sediment
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Control
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What are the two types of Storm Water Permits? - correct answer✔✔2.2.1
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1. General: provides umbrella coverage to a large number of applicants.
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2. Individual: designed to fit the specific requirements of a particular applicant, facility, or
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activity.
solutions
What does the acronym NPDES stand for? - correct answer✔✔National Pollutant Discharge
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Elimination System ||\\//||
True / False: The NPDES requirements apply only to discharges of storm-water either directly
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or through a municipal separate storm drain system, to waters of the US. - correct
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answer✔✔2.1.1.6 ||\\//||
True
What does the acronym TMDL stand for? Define it? - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.10
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Total Maximum Daily Load. The amount of a particular pollutant that a water body can
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assimilate on a daily basis without violating applicable water quality standards. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Define TMDL - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.10 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
The TMDL defines the amount of a particular pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a
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daily basis without violating applicable water quality standards. (Water quality standards
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usually predetermined by the state.) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What are the two types of storm-water permits issued under the NPDES Program? - correct
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answer✔✔2.2.1
1. The Construction General Permit (CGP).
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2. The individual permit designed to fit the specific requirements of a particular applicant,
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facility, or activity. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, If deficiencies are found during a SWPPP inspection, how quickly do they need to be
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corrected? - correct answer✔✔No later than seven days after the inspection. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
List three types of pollutants. - correct answer✔✔2.1
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Nutrients,pathogens, heavy metals, toxics, sediment, salts, detergents, hydro-carbons,oxygen ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
absorbing substances. ||\\//||
List three examples of 'Waters of the United States'. - correct answer✔✔2.1.1.6
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Lakes,rivers, streams, mudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
playa lakes, natural ponds. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When does the SWPPP need to be completed? - correct answer✔✔2.3.6.4
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Prior to submitting the NOI. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When does the EPA's construction permit require inspections? - correct answer✔✔Every 7
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days, or within 24 hrs of a storm of 0.5 inches or move in depth.
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What does CPESC stand for? - correct answer✔✔Certified Professional in Erosion & Sediment
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Control
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What are the two types of Storm Water Permits? - correct answer✔✔2.2.1
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1. General: provides umbrella coverage to a large number of applicants.
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2. Individual: designed to fit the specific requirements of a particular applicant, facility, or
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activity.
