BESC367 Exam 2

Which of these amendments provided long-term funding for wastewater treatment facilities, toxic pollutants, sludge management and wetland protection?

1977

The three most important years for amendments to Safe Drinking Water Act were

1986, 1996, 2016

The citizens of Flint Michigan went for ________ days without clean drinking water.

2112

Under what section of the CWA are point sources regulated?

402

The EPA Administrator determines if a contaminant has the risk to cause immediate harm to the health of humans. What three things must be true for the Administrator to add a contaminant to the CLL?

Adverse health impacts Contaminant often found in public water and high levels of concentration Regulation will serve as an effective means to reduce the potential health hazard. Only options one and three are accurate options one, two and three are correct

What sources require an NPDES permit?

All point sources of discharge into surface water

Match the term/act/amendment with the correct year

Cuyahoga River TIME Magazine Article: 1969 Federal Water Pollution Control Act: 1948 Authority for water pollution control was delegated to EPA: 1972 Stormwater permitting and nonpoint source pollution control: 1987

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 Correct answer: all of the above

State Primacy (SDWA) means

EPA has reviewed water management and monitoring plan for a public water system and is allowing the state to manage this requirement.

In "Revisiting Love Canal", residents outside of Niagara Falls have begun to complain about symptoms and illnesses previous residents of the original "Love Canal" suffered by the illegal dumping of toxic waste (by Hooker Chemical Co 40+ years ago); what are two astonishing facts we discussed after the brief video considering the areas around the original illegal landfill and newly identified illegal landfills?

EPA is using outdated technology for monitoring and the monitoring wells are monitored by a subsidiary company of the original company responsible

Once a water body is given a DU, it will only have that sole purpose for the complete water body system.

False

The 1986 amendment to SDWA allowed for improvements on source water protection, required operator certification, funding for water system improvements and emphasized public access to information regarding water quality.

False

True or False: Hazardous waste is garbage, refuse, sludge from waste treatment plants, water supply treatment plants, air pollution control facilities, discarded materials including solid, liquid, semi-solid, contained gaseous material resulting from industry, commercial, mining or agricultural operations as well as community activities.

False

We discussed the draft Contaminant Candidate List in class, maximum contaminant level goals and maximum contaminate levels are both enforceable once a contaminant is added.

False

Which of the following is NOT a component of the SDWA?

Federal mandated monitoring program for ground water

Generators of hazardous waste must identify which category they fall in. Large Quantity generators generate _________ of hazardous waste per month.

Greater than or equal to 1000kg haz waste and greater than or equal to 1kg of an acutely hazardous waste

What are the four main elements to the federal drinking water standard?

MCLG, MCL, Potential Health Effects and Potential Sources of Contaminants

According to EPA, a hazardous waste which is listed but is not characteristic is subject to three principles. Those are

Mixture Rule, Derived From Rule and Contaminated groundwater, debris or soils

What is the purpose of an NOI or Notice of Intent?

Notify the state/regulatory agency the intent to discharge

Once a contaminant has been identified as a potential health risk and added to the CCL, what must EPA do?

Propose a rule within 24 months and promulgate 18 after proposal

The following, is the overlapping statement showing where SDWA and CWA protect in the same manner.

Protect waters residing within the US through regulatory means

Safe Drinking Water Act was initially spawned from

Public Health Service Act- Title XIV

The SDWA defines three types of regulated water systems, which one of these is NOT a regulated water system?

Public and Community Pool Water

The following statements are true about the 1972 amendment to the FWPCA except

Reduced the water quality standards due to over regulation

Which of the following is an objective of the Clean Water Act?

Restore and maintain the integrity of the nation's waters Protect the propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife Provide for recreation on and in the water Correct answer: All of the options

The two major programs of RCRA are

Subtitle C and Subtitle D

Which of the following largely prompted Congress to begin creating water quality laws?

The Time magazine piece over the Cuyahoga River fires

How are non-point source pollutants regulated after the EPA reviews and approves their associated TMDL documents?

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.

Bottled water regulations are administered through US Food and Drug Administration

True

Once a state has reported a non-compliance and EPA has confirmed that non-compliance, EPA mandates the state notify customers of the violation within 24 hours.

True

True or False: A TSDF or Treatment Storage Disposal Facility must apply for a permit from EPA as a TSD facility

True

True or False: A hazardous waste must be a solid waste but a solid waste does not necessarily have to be a hazard

True

True or False: Solid waste should be disposed of in a landfill.

True

Identify the missing waste code which are classified as "listed" by EPA: K, F, P and ______

U

Within the CWA, TMDLs or Total Maximum Daily Load programs are established because

When WQSs are not being met

Which of these statements is true concerning the 1984 amendment to RCRA

Which of these statements is true concerning the 1984 amendment to RCRA

In order for a waste to be hazardous, it must

be listed and meet one or multiple characteristics

Feasibly possible takes into account all of the following except

best technologies any other means allowing for acheivable goals best treatment technologies all of these apply

When considering if a waste is hazardous and you are mandated to test that waste, what are you testing for with TCLP?

conducting a laboratory procedure meant to mimic leaching in a landfill

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?

each pollutant must have it's own TMDL management plan

An "outfall" for a point source is referred to as

end of pipe

How long do NPDES permits last before they expire and must be renewed?

five years

Subtitle C of RCRA governs activities of anyone who

generates, transports or treats, stores or disposes of hazardous waste

Depending on the location of your facility, there may be additional requirements of a generator. Those requirements are

ground water testing and closure/post closure activities

Safe Drinking Water Act is federal legislation that aides in the protection of public water supplies and _________________ from _______________________

ground water, contaminants

The following are characteristics of hazardous waste

ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity and toxicity

Regulatory wise, EPA has a two pronged approach to determining if waste is hazardous. Those two means are:

listed waste and characteristics of waste

When considering the Mixture Rule, __________ mixed with any other type of waste, by definition is ____________.

listed waste, hazardous waste

EPA developed primary drinking water regulations for contaminants with a strong likelihood of being found in Public Water Supplies and could potentially cause significant health risk. Which of these is not a potential type of contaminant regulated?

microorganisms radionuclideds organic compounds inorganic compouds disinfectant by-products all of these are types of contaminants

The following are examples of what type of __________ pollution source: land development, concentrated animal feeding operations, agriculture activities and erosion.

non-point

All of the following are true considering characteristics of hazardous waste except

pH less than or equal to 2 or greater than or equal to 11

A wasteload allocation or WLA is

the amount of a pollutant that can be discharged into a given water body

RCRA is known as "cradle to grave", which of these is NOT true concerning the responsibilities of a generator?

the generator has no responsibility to sign a manifest, that is the shippers responsibility

All permits issued whether wastewater or stormwater will include parameters, such as pH, frequency, mandatory testing requirements for BOD or TSS. Where would these be found?

they will appear in a monitoring section that provides you with narrative or numeric standards

In 1976, the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 was converted to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The purpose of RCRA was

to protect human health and the environment from potential hazards of waste disposal conservation of energy and natural resources encourage a reduction in the amount of waste being generated to ensure waste was managed in an environmentally sound manner all of these

For smaller public water systems that have difficulty complying with SDWA, they have been allowed:

variances and exemptions provided there is not an immediate risk to public health

What does a POTW treat?

wastewater

After 1972, a dual approach to tackle water pollution issues was taken to address ____________; point sources were managed through regulatory approaches, and water body integrity was supported by quality standards that address _____________ sources.

water quality; point and non-point