NCEES Regulatory Compliance 2

Question 1

Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), which permit program regulates the discharge of pollutants from point sources into navigable waters of the United States?

Accepted Answer

NPDES permit

Answer

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program under the CWA controls water pollution by regulating point source discharges.

Question 2

Which federal agency administers the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and sets workplace safety standards for most private-sector employers?

Accepted Answer

OSHA

Answer

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), within the Department of Labor, administers and enforces the OSH Act for most private-sector workplaces.

Question 3

A facility stores more than 10,000 lbs of a highly hazardous chemical. Under OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119), what is the facility required to develop?

Accepted Answer

A process hazard analysis and written PSM program

Answer

PSM requires facilities with threshold quantities of highly hazardous chemicals to develop a comprehensive written program including process hazard analysis.

Question 4

Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), who can be held strictly liable for cleanup costs at a contaminated site?

Accepted Answer

Current owners, past owners, generators, and transporters of hazardous substances

Answer

CERCLA imposes strict, joint and several liability on current owners/operators, past owners/operators, generators, and transporters of hazardous substances.

Question 5

Which regulation requires facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed toxic chemicals above threshold quantities to submit annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports?

Accepted Answer

EPCRA Section 313

Answer

EPCRA Section 313 (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act) established the TRI reporting requirement for toxic chemical releases.

NCEES Practice Test

NCEES Practice Test

NCEES Regulatory Compliance 2