CESSWI is qualified to preform what inspections?
Construction, post construction, industrial, MS4
Clean Water Act year of creation and intent of law
1972, enacted to restore and maintain the physical, bio, chem integrity of the waters of the US
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CESSWI is 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 impacts to waters of the US, typically
associated with a 401 certification
CWA Section 401 - ANSWER- Regulates water quality impacts and state cert
systems, required 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
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 INTRAstate 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
o 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
Water quality standards definition - ANSWER- state or tribal requirements that
define the water quality goals of a lake stream or other wateerbody by
designation the benefical uses and setting criteria to protect those uses
Section 303d - ANSWER- est 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 <5 acres
Cities over 100k population
Phase II NPDES Permits ID'd as: - ANSWER- Construction activity 1 - 5 acres
Cities 10k - 100k population
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