CPESC Section 1 & 2 |QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
What does the acronym NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
stand for?
True / False: The NPDES 2.1.1.6
requirements apply only to True
discharges of storm-water
either directly or through a
municipal separate storm
drain system, to waters of
the US.
2.1.1.10
What does the acronym TMDL
stand for? Define it? Total Maximum Daily Load. The amount of a particular
pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a daily basis
without violating applicable water quality standards.
2.1.1.10
The TMDL defines the amount of a particular
Define TMDL pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a daily
basis without violating applicable water quality
standards. (Water quality standards usually
predetermined by the state.)
2.2.1
What are the two types of 1. The Construction General Permit (CGP).
storm-water permits issued 2. The individual permit designed to fit the specific
under the NPDES Program? requirements of a particular applicant, facility, or
, activity.
If deficiencies are found No later than seven days after the inspection.
during a SWPPP inspection,
how quickly do they need to be
corrected?
2.1
List three types of pollutants. Nutrients,pathogens, heavy metals, toxics, sediment, salts,
detergents, hydro- carbons,oxygen absorbing substances.
2.1.1.6
List three examples of 'Waters of
the United States'. Lakes,rivers, streams, mudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs,
prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds.
What does the acronym NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
stand for?
True / False: The NPDES 2.1.1.6
requirements apply only to True
discharges of storm-water
either directly or through a
municipal separate storm
drain system, to waters of
the US.
2.1.1.10
What does the acronym TMDL
stand for? Define it? Total Maximum Daily Load. The amount of a particular
pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a daily basis
without violating applicable water quality standards.
2.1.1.10
The TMDL defines the amount of a particular
Define TMDL pollutant that a water body can assimilate on a daily
basis without violating applicable water quality
standards. (Water quality standards usually
predetermined by the state.)
2.2.1
What are the two types of 1. The Construction General Permit (CGP).
storm-water permits issued 2. The individual permit designed to fit the specific
under the NPDES Program? requirements of a particular applicant, facility, or
, activity.
If deficiencies are found No later than seven days after the inspection.
during a SWPPP inspection,
how quickly do they need to be
corrected?
2.1
List three types of pollutants. Nutrients,pathogens, heavy metals, toxics, sediment, salts,
detergents, hydro- carbons,oxygen absorbing substances.
2.1.1.6
List three examples of 'Waters of
the United States'. Lakes,rivers, streams, mudflats, sand flats, wetlands, sloughs,
prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds.
