CISEC Exam
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1. When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required?: 404
Permit
2. NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges associated with
industrial activities per the permit
3. CWA Penalty Types: Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
4. What documents are required onsite?: SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
5. Who is the "Operator": Usually the OWNER of the site, not the contractor, unless
authorized by the owner to general contractor to have day-to-day operational control
6. Vertical Projects: Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
7. LDP: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
8. Big Box Projects: Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
9. Linear Priojects: Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
10. What is erosion?: The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act
of wind or water
11. What are three types of wind erosion: Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspen-
sion
12. What is surface creep?: Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a
surface. 5-25% total soil loss by wind
13. What is saltation?: Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total
soil loss by wind
14. What is suspension?: Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by
wind. Less than 10% total soil loss by wind
15. What are the types of water erosion?: Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill
and gully erosion, stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
16. What is sheet erosion?: Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
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17. Rill and Gully Erosion: If the runoff is allowed to concentrate and gain velocity
or energy, it will cut rills and gullies as it detaches more soil particles
Rills: </= to 3" deep
Gullies: 3 or more rills converted to greater that 3" deep
18. Streambank/Channel Erosion: Removal of soil and other embankment mate-
rials due to concentrated channel flows
19. T/F: Rills are more than 75mm deep and are often the start of gullies: False:
gullies are more than 75mm deep
20. What factors impact rainfall erosion?: Climate events, soil erodibility, length
of flow down a slope, slope of land (critical), erosion control BMPs, sediment control
BMPs
21. T/F: Clay is highly erodible: False
22. What is sediment?: The eroded material suspended in water or air
23. Flocculants: Chemicals added to a mixture to make suspended particles clump
together.
Cationic (bad), Anionic (good)
24. Who decides the necessary BMPs in the SWPPP for a project?: Develop-
er/Designer (not inspector)
25. Types of EC BMPs: Placement of pavement, installing landscaping materials,
establishing vegetation, construction of homes, culverts/slope drains, diversion
channels, ECB and TRMs
26. What is the minimum number of inspections required?: Once every 14 days
27. Major things to look for on S&EC plans: What is to be installed before grading,
as per plan
NOTES sections
Major discharge points
Legends and Changes
28. Inspectors Obligations: Review: NOI, SWPPP drawings, and records
Observe: SWPPP drawings and onsite BMPs in agreement
Inspect: Check for effectiveness of BMPs
Report Findings: document findings
Know and understand EPA requirements
Understand drawings
Understand legend, notes, and topography
Understand post construction conditions
29. T/F: Inspectors who knowingly falsify information in their report can be
fined and possibly imprisoned.: True
30. CISEC Motto: Observe, Inspect, Report, Avoid Mandating
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1. When working in waterways or wetlands, which permit is required?: 404
Permit
2. NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Section of CWA (Clean Water Act) to permit stormwater discharges associated with
industrial activities per the permit
3. CWA Penalty Types: Class I. Negligent
Class II. Knowingly = Greater Fines
4. What documents are required onsite?: SWPPP
CGP
Site Map
Drawings and Key
All inspection reports
Any amendments to SWPPP
5. Who is the "Operator": Usually the OWNER of the site, not the contractor, unless
authorized by the owner to general contractor to have day-to-day operational control
6. Vertical Projects: Homebuilding, smaller residential construction projects
Usually multiple subcontractors
Requires a lot of housekeeping
7. LDP: Land Developing Projects - altering landscape for projects
8. Big Box Projects: Commercial buildings
Mass grading and mass chaos
Limits site access and continually changing (high activity)
9. Linear Priojects: Roadways, utilities, and stream corridors
Long narrow sites and mass chaos
Highly visible with fairly large footprint
10. What is erosion?: The process by which soil particles get displaced by the act
of wind or water
11. What are three types of wind erosion: Surface Creep, Saltation, and Suspen-
sion
12. What is surface creep?: Rolling and sliding movement of particles across a
surface. 5-25% total soil loss by wind
13. What is saltation?: Hopping and bouncing movement of particles. 50-80% total
soil loss by wind
14. What is suspension?: Small, lightweight particles carried great distances by
wind. Less than 10% total soil loss by wind
15. What are the types of water erosion?: Raindrop erosion, sheet erosion, rill
and gully erosion, stream and channel erosion, shoreline erosion, landslides
16. What is sheet erosion?: Stripping of soil that occurs due to sheet flows of runoff
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17. Rill and Gully Erosion: If the runoff is allowed to concentrate and gain velocity
or energy, it will cut rills and gullies as it detaches more soil particles
Rills: </= to 3" deep
Gullies: 3 or more rills converted to greater that 3" deep
18. Streambank/Channel Erosion: Removal of soil and other embankment mate-
rials due to concentrated channel flows
19. T/F: Rills are more than 75mm deep and are often the start of gullies: False:
gullies are more than 75mm deep
20. What factors impact rainfall erosion?: Climate events, soil erodibility, length
of flow down a slope, slope of land (critical), erosion control BMPs, sediment control
BMPs
21. T/F: Clay is highly erodible: False
22. What is sediment?: The eroded material suspended in water or air
23. Flocculants: Chemicals added to a mixture to make suspended particles clump
together.
Cationic (bad), Anionic (good)
24. Who decides the necessary BMPs in the SWPPP for a project?: Develop-
er/Designer (not inspector)
25. Types of EC BMPs: Placement of pavement, installing landscaping materials,
establishing vegetation, construction of homes, culverts/slope drains, diversion
channels, ECB and TRMs
26. What is the minimum number of inspections required?: Once every 14 days
27. Major things to look for on S&EC plans: What is to be installed before grading,
as per plan
NOTES sections
Major discharge points
Legends and Changes
28. Inspectors Obligations: Review: NOI, SWPPP drawings, and records
Observe: SWPPP drawings and onsite BMPs in agreement
Inspect: Check for effectiveness of BMPs
Report Findings: document findings
Know and understand EPA requirements
Understand drawings
Understand legend, notes, and topography
Understand post construction conditions
29. T/F: Inspectors who knowingly falsify information in their report can be
fined and possibly imprisoned.: True
30. CISEC Motto: Observe, Inspect, Report, Avoid Mandating
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