Acronyms
Check the SWPPP
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
True / False
Both Primary and Secondary Operators are required to post a CSN on site
True
What is the inspector's first step when a client requests termination?
Inform their supervisor
When is the ideal time to submit your maps?
Day of inspection once you are home
Who is the GC for LD?
General Contractor / Land Development
The requirement to initiate stabilization is triggered as soon as it is known with reasonable certainty that..
Construction activity at the site or in certain areas of the site will be stopped for 14 or more additional calendar days
Once a project has started, what are the two valid reasons to terminate a customer's permit?
Stabilization or Transfer of Control
We need to run post rains one week- you are conducting inspections until 4:45 PM on Monday and 5 PM on Wednesday, but you get home at 1 PM on Thursday.
What time do you clock out on Friday?
2:15 PM
According to the CZP, install these BMPs along the LOC
Contributing Zone Permit / Best Management Practices / Limits of Construction
If sediment escapes the site, accumulations must be removed at a frequency that minimizes off-site impacts, and prior to the next rain event, if feasible. If the permittee does not own or operate the off-site conveyance, then the permittee shall..
Work with the owner or operator of the property to remove the sediment.
What are the requirements for monthly inspections?
Construction activity has ceased on site
Temporary controls / stabilization are installed OR site is fully stabilized
(BONUS- Sites can only transfer to a monthly inspection schedule during the first week of the month)
Your first site is 22 miles from your house, and it takes 45 minutes to get there.
Assuming you arrive on site at 8AM, what is your start time in the Timekeeping app?
Bonus- How many miles do you add into the Mileage app?
7:45
Bonus- None
TPDES is the regulatory program administered by TCEQ, in accordance with EPA guidelines
Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System / Texas Commission on Environmental Quality / Environmental Protection Agency
The permittee must revise or update the SWP3, including the site map, within seven (7) days of when any of the following occurs
a change in design, construction, operation, or maintenance that has a significant effect on the discharge of pollutants
changing site conditions based on updated plans and specifications, new operators, new areas of responsibility, and changes in BMPs
results of inspections or investigations
When an NOT has been approved by your supervisor, what 4 steps need to be taken to fully submit an NOT?
Change BMP responsibility
Request termination of the authorization
Submit final report
Submit final map (depending on transfer)
This map is a Final Map for a land development site, submitted for Stabilization.
Find 3 things wrong with this map
bad vibes
I passed the CESSWI test! Now I'll study for CPESC
Certified Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Inspector / Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control
At a minimum, Erosion and Sediment controls must be designed, installed, and maintained to:
(There are 8 requirements for effective controls. Describe 3)
control stormwater volume and velocity within the site to minimize soil erosion
control stormwater discharges to minimize channel and streambank erosion and scour in the immediate vicinity of discharge point(s)
minimize the amount of soil exposed during construction activity
minimize the disturbance of steep slopes
minimize sediment discharges from the site
provide and maintain appropriate natural buffers around surface water in the state
preserve native topsoil at the site
minimize soil compaction
I want to NOT right now!
-This site is not Stabilized
-There is no operator to assume Control
-Bad Vibes
What do you do?
Inform your Supervisor
According to the CGP, there are 10 things a site map must include when they are present on site.
List 4
property boundary(ies);
drainage patterns and approximate slopes
areas where soil disturbance will occur
locations of all controls and buffers
locations where temporary or permanent stabilization practices are used
locations of construction support activities, including those located off-site
surface waters (including wetlands) either at, adjacent, or in close proximity to the site
locations where stormwater discharges from the site directly to a surface water body or a municipal separate storm sewer system
vehicle wash areas
designated points on the site where vehicles will exit onto paved roads