General
Definitions
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Storm Water/Oil Pollution
100
Can make people sick Can damage the environment Damages property Reduces visibility
What is Air Pollution?
100
Unwanted chemicals or other materials found in the air or water.
What is pollutant
100
Stationary, mobile, major and area
What is does the CAA define as sources of air pollutants
100
Regulates the discharge of dredged or fill material to surface water like wetlands
What is Section 404
100
The mechanism that States use to assert that permits they issue will insure the permitee will be in compliance with State Water Quality Standards.
What is 401 Certification
200
The release of pollutants into the air
What is an Emission
200
SOx, PM10, PM2.5, NOx, VOC, CO and Lead
What are criteria air pollutants
200
The CAA uniform numerical standard criterias for clean air
What is the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
200
Regulates discharges from point sources
What is a national pollution discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit
200
Construction activities that are greater than 5 acres, manufacturing activities and material storage are
What is Industrial Activities
300
The term used to define any discernible discharge of water pollutant
What is a point source?
300
Pollutants that are known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects or adverse environmental effects.
What is Toxic Air Pollutant
300
A geographic area in which the level of a criteria air pollutant is higher than the level allowed by the federal standards.
What is a Nonattainment area
300
126
What is the number of priority water pollutants
300
Prohibits the discharge of harmful quantities of oil into navigable waters of the U.S.
What is Section 311 of the CWA-SPCC
400
Establishes the mechanism for prevention of spills on to surface waters
What is Section 311
400
All waters of the U.S. , including shipping lanes, waters subject to tides, intrastate lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands
What is Navigable Water
400
Applies to all stationary sources with processes that contain more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance.
What is Risk Management Plan (RMP)-CAA 112(r)(1).
400
Applies to all non-transportation facilities that have the capacity to store oil or petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel or waste oil in excess of 1,320 gallons in above ground tanks or 42,000 gallons in underground tanks, or more than 660 gallons or more in a single aboveground tank.
What is Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan
400
A description of the site, control measures, activities at the site, site plan with outfalls and drainage details
What is required in a Storm Water Pollution Plan
500
Titles 1 through XI.
What is the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990
500
The total maximum allowable pollution load for waters that will not meet water quality standards by following the Federal Effluent limitations
What is Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
500
189
What is the number of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).
500
Enacted in 1974, with amendments in 1986, added Lead Contamination Control in 1988 and more amendments in 1996 for source water protection, bacterial & disinfection byproduct standards and focus on preventive measures for publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)
What is Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
500
Businesses and industry must conduct sampling and characterization and apply for one of three types of permits
What is Storm Water Discharge Regulations
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