CESSWI PART I QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (Verified)

CESSWI is qualified to preform what inspections? - Correct Answer Construction, post construction, industrial, MS4 Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law - Correct Answer 1972, enacted to restore and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US CWA Section 402 - Correct Answer Est. NPDES System, originally focused on industrial process waste water and POTW CWA Section 404 - Correct Answer regulated impacts to waters of the US, typically associated with a 401 certification CWA Section 401 - Correct Answer Regulates water quality impacts and state cert systems, required permit issued by a federal agency for any activity that may discharge a pollutant, Applies heavily in industrial sites CWA Section 303 - Correct Answer Establishes Water quality standards Stormwater discharge definition - Correct Answer stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff/drainage To be subject to NPDES rules, stormwater must: - Correct Answer be in a discernible conveyance Definitions of waters of the US - Correct Answer All waters used in interstate or foreign commerce, including those subject to tidal flows o All interstate waters, including interstate wetlands o All INTRAstate lakes, rivers, streams (intermittent also), mudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lake, or natural ponds that the destruction of which would affect interstate/foreign commerce including those which: Could be used for recreational or other purposes From which shellfish or fish could be retrieved and sold Could be used for industrial purposes o All impoundments of water defined by waters of the US by the above o Tributaries of the waters defined above o The territorial sea o Wetlands adjacent to any of the waters defined above Beneficial Uses definition - Correct Answer Uses necessary for the survival of and well-being of people, plants, and wildlife