BESC 367 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
What is the purpose of an NOI or Notice of Intent?
-Notify the public of desire to build a wastewater treatment plant
-Notify local MS4 of intent to pollute
-Notify the state/regulatory agency you wish to have your geographical boundaries fo...
BESC 367 Exam Questions with All
Correct Answers
What is the purpose of an NOI or Notice of Intent?
-Notify the public of desire to build a wastewater treatment plant
-Notify local MS4 of intent to pollute
-Notify the state/regulatory agency you wish to have your geographical boundaries for a
permit decided
-Notify the state/regulatory agency the intent to discharge - Answer-Notify the
state/regulatory agency the intent to discharge
How are non-point source pollutants regulated after the EPA reviews and approves their
associated TMDL documents?
-They are regulated via the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
program
-Point source pollution is not regulated by the CWA
-They are regulated through the Antidegradation Point Source Regulatory Program
-They are regulated through a variety of programs at the local, state, and federal level in
the form of grants, non-regulatory incentive-based programs, and/or voluntary
programs. - Answer-They are regulated through a variety of programs at the local, state,
and federal level in the form of grants, non-regulatory incentive-based programs, and/or
voluntary programs.
Match the term/act/amendment with the correct year
Stormwater permitting and nonpoint source pollution control
Cuyahoga River TIME Magazine Article
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Authority for water pollution control was delegated to EPA
Authority for water pollution control was delegated to EPA-1972
, What sources require an NPDES permit?
-All sources of discharge into surface water
-All point sources of discharge into any type of water
-All non-point sources of discharge into surface water
-All point sources of discharge into surface water - Answer-All point sources of
discharge into surface water
How long do NPDES permits last before they expire and must be renewed?
-ten years
-five years
-three years
-two years - Answer-five years
Which of these amendments provided long-term funding for wastewater treatment
facilities, toxic pollutants, sludge management and wetland protection?
-1948
-1972
-1975
-1977 - Answer-1977
If a particular water body or segment cannot meet it's Designated Use or DU due to
pollutant(s), a TMDL plan is drafted. How many TMDLs must be developed?
-one TMDL for the whole segment
-you will not know until EPA sends you your plan
-a TMDL is not needed unless you agree to one
-each pollutant must have it's own TMDL management plan - Answer-each pollutant
must have it's own TMDL management plan
Antidegradation is a tool of the CWA that serves the following purpose in protection of
water bodies
-Designated use of water body
-Water quality criteria
-protection of highly valued, highly qualified waters with unique characteristics
-all of the above - Answer-all of the above
(T/F): Once a water body is given a DU, it will only have that sole purpose for the
complete water body system. - Answer-False
The following statements are true about the 1972 amendment to the FWPCA except
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