Water Resources
Archeology
Public Involvement
Historic Resources
Wild Card
100
The law that protects drinking water quality.
What is the Clean Water Act?
100
Projects requiring consultation with the Texas Historical Commission (THC).
What are projects sponsored by state agencies and political subdivisions of the State? (These agencies include cities, counties, river authorities, municipal utility districts, and school districts.)
100
Document that describes a project's communication strategy.
What is a Public Involvement Plan?
100
How to calculate the historic cut-off age for a project
What is subtract 50 years from the project let date?
100
The form that must be completed for a hazardous materials assessment.
What is an ISA (Initial Site Assessment)?
200
The agency that oversees Waters of the US (lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands).
What is the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)?
200
The regulation that protects cultural resources for projects sponsored by Federal entities.
What is National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)? (Section 106 of the NHPA requires that any land-alteration activity made possible by the Federal government be evaluated to determine its effect on any sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP])
200
The average reading level of public stakeholders.
What is a 6th grade reading level?
200
How to calculate the historic cut-off age for a TxDOT project.
What is subtract 45 years? (Bam!)
200
The database commonly used to identify hazardous materials within a project area.
What is GeoSearch?
300
The type of permit required to help prevent stormwater pollution during construction.
What is a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)?
300
The law that requires State agencies to notify the Texas Historical Commission of ground-disturbing activities on non-federal public lands.
What is the Antiquities Code of Texas? (The law also established the designation of State Antiquities Landmark, which may be applied to historic buildings and archeological sites.)
300
Departments at Jacobs that could use a Public Involvement Specialist to assist in project communications.
What is your department?
300
The regulation that requires federal agencies take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties.
What is Section 106 of the NHPA?
300
The federal agency that protects threatened and endangered species.
What is the USFWS? (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
400
A type of USACE permit that provides an expedited review of projects that have minimal impact on the aquatic environment.
What is a nationwide permit (NWP)? (Categories of activities that may be covered under the NWPs include linear transportation projects, bank stabilization activities, residential development, commercial and industrial developments, aids to navigation and certain maintenance activities.)
400
The types of projects that provide the most funding for cultural resource management (CRM).
What are transportation projects? (Fun fact: TxDOT funds approximately 90% of cultural resource projects in Texas.)
400
The event that requires an open mic opportunity to the public?
What is a public hearing?
400
The number of criteria for evaluation as outlined in Section 106.
What is 4? (Fun fact: These are Criteria A, B, C and D).
400
The endangered species that inhabits the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer.
What is an Austin Blind Salamander?
500
A program to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands.
What is Section 404 of the Clean Water Act? (Activities in waters of the United States regulated under this program include fill for development, water resource projects [such as dams and levees], infrastructure development [such as highways and airports] and mining projects.)
500
National Register Criterion for an archeological site containing information important in prehistory.
What is Criterion D? (usually the major reason for prehistoric sites to qualify for the NRHP.)
500
What design options are displayed at a public meeting?
What are build alternatives?
500
It means something is significant for its architecture or engineering.
What is Criterion C?
500
The Zone that is known to contain endangered karst invertebrate species.
What is Zone 1? (Fun fact: Zone 2 is an area having high probability for suitable habitat for karst species).
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