Freebie 7:  Pre-Treat Meant What?

Pretreatment means a lot of things to a lot of different people.  Find out what it means to you as you work through this fun test (with trick questions, hint hint).   As you go through, the program will automatically tell you whether you are wrong or right, and record your score..  

It will likely require 10 minutes of undisturbed time to complete this exercise.  If you get one or more incorrect, write down the problem number so that you can quickly access the answer at the end of this freebie.

Good luck and challenge your friends and colleagues to take the same teaser test and see who does better. After all: IT'S FREE!!!!!!!

1.  If a CIU is a new source, the CIU is:
  1. subject to enforcement
  2. subject to PSES
  3. subject to PSNS
  4. subject to NSPS
2.  The following is true concerning monitoring and reporting: 
  1. Periodic compliance reports must be submitted by IUs to POTWs at least twice per year
  2. POTWs must sample IU discharges at least once per year
  3. POTWs must inspect IUs at least once per year
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above

3.  BMRs 

  1. stand for baseline monitoring reports
  2. must be submitted 90 days prior to discharges initiating from new sources or an existing source becoming a new source
  3. do not require sampling
  4. Only a and b
  5. Only b and c
  6. Only a and c
4.  If your facility is an SIU, that means your facility is:
  1. A CIU
  2. Out of compliance
  3. An industry
  4. A source of indirect discharge
  5. Only a and b
  6. Only b and c
  7. Only a and c

5.  What does PSES stand for 

  1. pretreatment standards for existing sources
  2. performance standards for existing sources
  3. prevention of significant escalation of sources
6.  In requirements related to slug loadings:
  1. POTWs must require slug control plans from all SIUs
  2. POTWs must evaluate every two years whether a SIU needs to develop a slug discharge plan 
  3. All IUs must notify POTWs immediately of slug loadings that could cause problems to the POTW
  4. All of the above
  5. Only a and b
  6. Only b and c
  7. Only a and c

7.  Discharges of hazardous wastes by industrial users to POTWs:

  1. must be reported by IUs as part of a one time notification
  2. are prohibited by the Resource Conservation And Recovery Act (RCRA)
  3. must be reported by IUs at least once, because "changes" in hazardous wastes discharged must also be reported and because notification must be provided within 90 days where new regulations provide additional characteristic or listed hazardous wastes
  4. require IUs to certify that there is a program in place for pollution prevention 
  5. Only a and d
  6. Only a and c
  7. Only c and d
8.  If an IU's sampling shows that it has had a discharge limit violation, the IU must:  
  1. provide a letter of noncompliance when transmitting analytical results 
  2. provide notification to a POTW within 24 hours of becoming aware of a violation
  3. conduct resampling within 30 days
  4. All of the above
  5. Only a and b
  6. Only b and c
  7. Only a and c

9.  PSNS applies to?

  1. facilities that install a new wastewater treatment plant
  2. a newly installed regulated industrial operation at an existing source
  3. changes to industrial operations at existing sources where determined to be applicable
  4. All of the above
  5. Only a and b
  6. Only b and c
  7. Only a and c
  8. None of the above

10.  If your facility is in SNC, that means your facility is:

  1. Discharging in violation of your permit limits
  2. Not a SIU
  3. An industry
  4. All of the above
  5. Only a and b
  6. Only b and c
  7. Only a and c
  8. None of the above