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EPA is using outdated technology for monitoring and the monitoring wells are monitored by a subsidiary company of the original company responsible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