CESSWI Study Modules Questions with Complete Solutions

CESSWI Study Modules Questions with Complete Solutions

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SWMP - Correct Answer Stormwater Management Plan ESCP - Correct Answer Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) - Correct Answer First significant water pollution act.

Focused primarily on two items:

• 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.

• 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 - Correct Answer The 1952 amendment extended the act for three years.The 1955 Amendment made the act permanent.1961 Amendments to the FWPCA - Correct 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 - Correct 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 and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 1 / 2

1972 Amendment to the FWPCA/The Clean Water Act (CWA) - Correct Answer This amendment then changed the FWPCA to the Clean Water Act.Establishment of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), authorizing EPA to issue discharge permits.The Clean Water Act - Correct Answer Objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.

Major goals were to:

• Eliminate all discharges of pollution into navigable waters by 1985
• Protect fish fish, shellfish, wildlife, and in/on water recreation by 1983 (to keep water fishable and

swimmable)

• Prohibit toxic amounts of toxic pollutants

1977 Amendments to the Clean Water Act - Correct Answer -Updates to Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs) for conventional pollutants and priority toxic pollutants.

• Development of a Best Management Practices (BMP) program
• Authority for the Fish and Wildlife Service to provide technical assistance to states in developing BMPs

as part of its water pollution control programs Nationwide Urban Runoff Program - Correct Answer 5 year nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) was established in 1978 as a result of the 1977 CWA amendments. It examined issues related to:

• Urban runoff quality characteristics (comparative between sites)
• Extent of runoff water quality significance across the nation
• Performance and effectiveness of runoff pollution control practices
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