CFA Environmental Impact & Safety Regulations 2

Question 1

Which federal law primarily governs the storage and handling of hazardous chemicals, including many fertilizers, at fixed facilities?

Accepted Answer

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

Answer

EPCRA (also known as SARA Title III) requires facilities to report hazardous chemical inventories and release data to local emergency planners and the public.

Question 2

A fertilizer applicator notices runoff from a recently treated field entering a drainage ditch during a rainstorm. Under the Clean Water Act, this runoff is most accurately categorized as:

Accepted Answer

Nonpoint source pollution

Answer

Agricultural field runoff that enters waterways without a discrete conveyance pipe or channel is classified as nonpoint source pollution under the Clean Water Act.

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a Nutrient Management Plan (NMP)?

Accepted Answer

To balance nutrient applications with crop needs while minimizing environmental losses

Answer

An NMP is designed to optimize nutrient use efficiency and reduce losses to the environment by matching application rates to crop uptake requirements.

Question 4

Ammonium nitrate stored in bulk quantities above threshold levels must be reported under EPCRA Section 302 because it is classified as an:

Accepted Answer

Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS)

Answer

Ammonium nitrate is listed as an Extremely Hazardous Substance under EPCRA Section 302, triggering emergency planning notification requirements above threshold planning quantities.

Question 5

Which best management practice most directly reduces phosphorus loss from fertilized fields via surface runoff?

Accepted Answer

Vegetative buffer strips along waterways

Answer

Vegetative buffer strips intercept surface runoff and trap sediment-bound phosphorus before it reaches adjacent water bodies.

CFA Practice Test

CFA Practice Test

CFA Environmental Impact & Safety Regulations 2