DEQ STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED 100%
CORRECT
● VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater
from construction activities that are - greater than or equal to an acre
● The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water Control
Board to - permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
● DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential inter-
jurisdictional impacts upon request - 90
● The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to
obtain and maintain a certificate of competency - staff of a stormwater
program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard and
specification holders
● The dual certificate will expire three years from - the latest date of the
certificates
,● SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land disturbance - VSMP
program authority
● The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of ____ of total
phosphorus for new development - 0.41 lbs/acre/year
● The phosphorus load limit uses the - 10% impervious cover
● Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses - channel protection
and flood protection
● Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved? - SWM plan, ESC
plan
● Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after construction? -
post-construction
● What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result
in stream degradation? - 10%
● What do land disturbing activities consist of? - excavating, clearing,
grading
, ● LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation - 1 acre or 2500
square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
● In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs
were related to emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the
disturbance within - 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a
permit application within 30 days of starting the land-disturbing activity
● Localities with MS4 - must adopt and administer a stormwater
program
● Localities without MS4 - may choose to administer a VSMP or have
DEQ administer the program
● DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality ____ are
responsible for enforcing local ordinances - Construction GP, VSMP
● A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement authority and a
schedule of civil penalties for enforcement actions in its local ordinance.
The maximum penalty the authority may issue is - $32,500 per violation
per day
● Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a summons issued
by a locality VSMP authority must be paid - into the locality's treasury
INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED 100%
CORRECT
● VPDES Permit/Construction GP authorizes discharge of stormwater
from construction activities that are - greater than or equal to an acre
● The Stormwater Management Act requires the State Water Control
Board to - permit, regulate, and control stormwater runoff
● DEQ has ___ days to complete review of real or potential inter-
jurisdictional impacts upon request - 90
● The Stormwater Management Act requires the following individuals to
obtain and maintain a certificate of competency - staff of a stormwater
program, anyone contracted by a VSMP authority, standard and
specification holders
● The dual certificate will expire three years from - the latest date of the
certificates
,● SWM plan must be approved by ___ before land disturbance - VSMP
program authority
● The water quality criteria sets a site-based load limit of ____ of total
phosphorus for new development - 0.41 lbs/acre/year
● The phosphorus load limit uses the - 10% impervious cover
● Part II B and II C water quantity criteria addresses - channel protection
and flood protection
● Which two plans in the SWPPP must be approved? - SWM plan, ESC
plan
● Does the SWM plan address runoff during or after construction? -
post-construction
● What is the lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result
in stream degradation? - 10%
● What do land disturbing activities consist of? - excavating, clearing,
grading
, ● LDA threshold for the SWM Act and Regulation - 1 acre or 2500
square feet for Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
● In situations where an initial exemption was applicable because LDAs
were related to emergency work, VSMP authority shall be advised of the
disturbance within - 7 days of commencing the LDA and shall submit a
permit application within 30 days of starting the land-disturbing activity
● Localities with MS4 - must adopt and administer a stormwater
program
● Localities without MS4 - may choose to administer a VSMP or have
DEQ administer the program
● DEQ is responsible for enforcing the ____ while locality ____ are
responsible for enforcing local ordinances - Construction GP, VSMP
● A locality VSMP authority must include enforcement authority and a
schedule of civil penalties for enforcement actions in its local ordinance.
The maximum penalty the authority may issue is - $32,500 per violation
per day
● Any civil penalty assessed by a court as a result of a summons issued
by a locality VSMP authority must be paid - into the locality's treasury
