CESSWI Study Modules | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025

CESSWI Study Modules | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 SWMP - Answer -Stormwater Management Plan ESCP - Answer -Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) - Answer -First significant water pollution act. Focused primarily on two items: 1. Gave the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service authority to prepare programs for reducing interstate water pollution and improve the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. 2. Gave the Federal Works Agency (FWA) authority to assist states, municipalities, and interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of inadequately treated sewage and other wastes into interstate waters. 1952 and 1955 Amendments to the FWPCA - Answer -The 1952 amendment extended the act for three years.The 1955 Amendment made the act permanent. 1961 Amendments to the FWPCA - Answer -The 1961 amendment is the initial regulation that keyed into special designation resources. Demanded that federal agencies, when surveying or planning for any reservoir, must consider storage to regulate streamflow for water quality control. 1970 Reorganization Plans #3 and #4 - Answer -Reorganization Plan #3 created the EPA, abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of Interior, and transferred to EPA all functions formerly assigned to the Secretary of Interior and the Department of Interior which had been administered through the Federal Water Quality Administration. Reorganization Plan #4 established the National Oceanic an