History
The Underground
What's that thing?
NJ RI Requirements
Potent Potables
100
The discoveries of Valley of the Drums and Love Canal were the primary motivators for passage of this legislation
What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
100
The 5-foot (1.5-meter) radius extending horizontally around a single location where intrusive work is planned
What is the Critical Zone
100
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What is a pole-mounted transformer
100
This report is required in NJ as part of documentation of an off-site source of groundwater contamination
What is a Preliminary Assessment Report
100
This Group 1 carcinogen is used in resins that bind wood products, in plastics, and coatings, and as a disinfectant.
What is formaldehyde
200
This 1997 global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases was signed by virtually every country in the world, except the United States
What is the Kyoto Protocol
200
Yellow lines painted by a utility locator signify what type of underground utility
What is gas
200
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What is an orchard
200
What does it mean if a PA shows that, for an identified AOC, contaminants above the remediation standards are not potentially present
What is "sampling is not required"
200
This American River caught fire in 1969, inspiring the Clean Water Act.
What is the Cuyahoga River
300
The Stockholm Convention of 2001 aimed to reduce these chemical substances that are known to bio-accumulate and pose a risk to human health
What are persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
300
A one-call ticket in New Jersey is valid for how many days
What is 45
300
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What is slag
300
True or false: 2-methylnaphthalene analysis is required for a VI investigation of fuel oil #2 and similar petroleum products
What is false Effective July 2013, this compound is not required. Naphthalene, however, must be investigated
300
List the daughter products of tetrachloroethene
What are TCE, 11-DCE, cis-12-DCE, trans-12-DCE, VC, ethene, and ethane
400
The first federal agency to regulate polychlorinated biphenyls
What is the Occupational Health and Safety Administration
400
The purpose of SPI 27 is to do this
What is to reduce the likelihood of subcontractors or employees striking subsurface or overhead structures and utilities during intrusive activities
400
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What is chromate bloom
400
The Attainment Guidance expressly does not apply to this class of contaminants
What are petroleum hydrocarbons. Certain aspects of the Guidance also do not apply to PCBs, but these are not excluded in the document itself
400
Name the most common synonym for methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
What is 2-butanone
500
These six criteria include, but are not limited to, distinguishable discharge, degree of toxicity, and degree of cooperation with environmental officials
What are the Gore Factors others: amount of waste, degree of involvement in generation, storage, transport, disposal, and degree of care
500
These 3 documents are required from subcontractors before breaking ground on a drilling or excavation project
What is - a fully executed subcontractor agreement -a completed certificate of insurance naming RE as additionally insured, with proper types and limits of coverage - a HASP
500
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What is a vapor degreaser
500
For a particular AOC, only one SI soil sample was collected and contained lead at 1000 mg/kg. Excavation is performed. Of 5 post-ex, two sidewall samples exceeded the RSRSs. The mean concentration is below the RSRS. If IGW is not a concern, can compliance averaging be used?
What is "probably not" Compliance averaging is applied after an RI is completed that fully delineates the contamination. Delineation is completed via single-point compliance, so the sidewalls require further delineation.
500
The 2 most hazardous sources of lead for US children
What are lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dusts
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