CESSWI PART I EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS A+ GRADED
CESSWI qualified to preform what inspections? ANSWER Construction, post
construction, industrial, MS4
Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law - ANSWER 1972, enacted to restore
and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US
CWA Section 402 - ANSWER Est. NPDES System, originally focused on industrial
process waste water and POTW
CWA Section 404-ANSWER Regulated effects to waters of the US, generally involving a
401 certification
CWA Section 401-ANSWER Regulates water quality impacts and state cert systems,
mandatory permit issued by a federal agency for any activity that may discharge a
pollutant, Applies heavily in industrial sites
CWA Section 303-ANSWER Establishes Water quality standards
Stormwater discharge definition - ANSWER stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and
surface runoff/drainage
To be subject to NPDES rules, stormwater must: - ANSWER be in a discernible
conveyance
Definitions of waters of the US - ANSWER All waters used in interstate or foreign
commerce, including those subject to tidal flows
o All interstate waters, including interstate wetlands
o All INTRAstae 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
no Tributaries of the waters defined above
o The territorial sea
o Wetlands adjacent to any of the waters defined above
Beneficial Uses definition - ANSWER Uses necessary for the survival of and well-being
of people, plants, and wildlife
Definition of water quality standards Answer State or tribal requirements that describe
the water quality goals of a lake, stream, or other wateer body by designation of the
beneficial uses and establishing criteria to protect those uses
Section 303d Answer Establishes a process for States, territories, and tribes to i.d.
impaired waters, also referred to as water quality limited
TMDL - ANSWER id's the amount of a specific pollutnant that may be dicharged to a
water body, states are responsible for implementing
Waste load allocations - ANSWER allocations of pollutant loadings to point sources
TMDL Implementation - ANSWER Define waste load allocation, develop implementation
plan to connect allocations and permits, translate allocations to permit conditions.
Origin of NPDES stormwater regs - ANSWER NURP studies showed stormwater had
many of the same qualities of commercial, industrial areas
NPDES Phase I and II regs implemented via - ANSWER General permits for a group of
similar dischagers such as consutruction industry, industrial, utilities
, Individual permits for a single entity, facility or project
Phase I NPDES Permits ID'd as: - ANSWER Industrial activity
Construction activity
Phase II NPDES Permits Included as: - ANSWER Construction activity 1 - 5 acres
Cities 10k - 100k population
commercial, retail, light industrial, institutional
revised industrial and const. general permits
Phase II impletmented MS4 requirements - ANSWER SWMP with 6 MCMs
Establish measurable program goals
Evaluate effectiveness
6MCMs - ANSWER Public education/outreach
Public participation and involvement
IDDE
Const. site runoff control
post-construction runoff control
pollution prevention/good housekeeping
Components of Permit Compliance - ANSWER NOI
COI
SWPPP
NOT
Record keeping and doumentation
SOLUTIONS A+ GRADED
CESSWI qualified to preform what inspections? ANSWER Construction, post
construction, industrial, MS4
Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law - ANSWER 1972, enacted to restore
and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US
CWA Section 402 - ANSWER Est. NPDES System, originally focused on industrial
process waste water and POTW
CWA Section 404-ANSWER Regulated effects to waters of the US, generally involving a
401 certification
CWA Section 401-ANSWER Regulates water quality impacts and state cert systems,
mandatory permit issued by a federal agency for any activity that may discharge a
pollutant, Applies heavily in industrial sites
CWA Section 303-ANSWER Establishes Water quality standards
Stormwater discharge definition - ANSWER stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and
surface runoff/drainage
To be subject to NPDES rules, stormwater must: - ANSWER be in a discernible
conveyance
Definitions of waters of the US - ANSWER All waters used in interstate or foreign
commerce, including those subject to tidal flows
o All interstate waters, including interstate wetlands
o All INTRAstae 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
no Tributaries of the waters defined above
o The territorial sea
o Wetlands adjacent to any of the waters defined above
Beneficial Uses definition - ANSWER Uses necessary for the survival of and well-being
of people, plants, and wildlife
Definition of water quality standards Answer State or tribal requirements that describe
the water quality goals of a lake, stream, or other wateer body by designation of the
beneficial uses and establishing criteria to protect those uses
Section 303d Answer Establishes a process for States, territories, and tribes to i.d.
impaired waters, also referred to as water quality limited
TMDL - ANSWER id's the amount of a specific pollutnant that may be dicharged to a
water body, states are responsible for implementing
Waste load allocations - ANSWER allocations of pollutant loadings to point sources
TMDL Implementation - ANSWER Define waste load allocation, develop implementation
plan to connect allocations and permits, translate allocations to permit conditions.
Origin of NPDES stormwater regs - ANSWER NURP studies showed stormwater had
many of the same qualities of commercial, industrial areas
NPDES Phase I and II regs implemented via - ANSWER General permits for a group of
similar dischagers such as consutruction industry, industrial, utilities
, Individual permits for a single entity, facility or project
Phase I NPDES Permits ID'd as: - ANSWER Industrial activity
Construction activity
Phase II NPDES Permits Included as: - ANSWER Construction activity 1 - 5 acres
Cities 10k - 100k population
commercial, retail, light industrial, institutional
revised industrial and const. general permits
Phase II impletmented MS4 requirements - ANSWER SWMP with 6 MCMs
Establish measurable program goals
Evaluate effectiveness
6MCMs - ANSWER Public education/outreach
Public participation and involvement
IDDE
Const. site runoff control
post-construction runoff control
pollution prevention/good housekeeping
Components of Permit Compliance - ANSWER NOI
COI
SWPPP
NOT
Record keeping and doumentation
