Under the federal NPDES Construction General Permit, construction stormwater coverage is required when earth-disturbing activity will disturb which minimum area?
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In New Mexico (outside Indian country), which agency currently issues the Construction General Permit that authorizes stormwater discharges from a one-acre airport grading project?
Question · Medium
Before earth-disturbing work begins on a CGP-regulated airport site, the operator must prepare which document describing site-specific erosion, sediment, and pollution-prevention controls?
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Per the EPA CGP, sediment that has accumulated against a perimeter control such as a silt fence must be removed before it reaches which height?
On a New Mexico airport project authorized under the 2022 EPA CGP, when must downgradient sediment controls for the initial clearing and grading be installed?
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Under the 2022 EPA CGP, if a portion of a site will remain idle and the operator is not limiting concurrent disturbance to 5 acres or less, temporary stabilization of that portion generally must be completed within how many calendar days after stabilization is initiated?
Question · Hard
Which FAA specification item covers temporary air and water pollution, soil erosion, and siltation control on an AIP-funded airport project?
On a CGP-regulated site, where may concrete washout water from paving or miscellaneous concrete work be discharged?
For most active CGP sites in New Mexico, one acceptable routine inspection schedule is at least every 14 calendar days and within 24 hours after a storm event that produces how much rainfall?
Storm-inlet protection on an airport reconstruction project is intended primarily to do which of the following?
When is an operator generally eligible to submit a Notice of Termination (NOT) for CGP coverage on a completed airport earthwork project?
A sediment basin on a CGP site should withdraw detained water from which location whenever feasible?
Check dams placed in a temporary drainage swale on an airport construction site are used primarily to do which of the following?
Under the 2022 EPA CGP, how long after EPA acknowledges a complete Notice of Intent does a new operator generally wait before discharge is authorized?
Per OSHA 29 CFR 1926.652, each employee in an excavation must be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system except when the excavation is entirely in stable rock or when it is less than 5 feet deep and a competent person finds no indication of a potential cave-in. At what depth does that 5-foot exception stop applying?
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Per OSHA 1926 Subpart P, a protective system for an excavation more than 20 feet deep must be designed or approved by whom?
Per OSHA 1926.651(c)(2), a stairway, ladder, ramp, or other safe means of egress is required in trench excavations of 4 feet or more so that no employee has to travel more than how far laterally to reach it?
Per OSHA 1926.651(j)(2), excavated material (spoil) and other materials that could fall or roll into an excavation must be kept at least how far from the edge, unless a sufficient retaining device is used?
Per OSHA 1926 Subpart P Appendix B, what is the maximum allowable simple slope for Type C soil in an excavation 20 feet deep or less?
Per OSHA 1926.651(k), who must inspect an excavation, the adjacent areas, and protective systems daily before work starts and after every rainstorm or other hazard-increasing event?
Per OSHA 1926.501, each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet or more above a lower level generally must be protected from falling by which of the following?
Per OSHA 1926.651(g), in excavations deeper than 4 feet where a hazardous atmosphere could reasonably be expected, what must occur before employees enter?
Per OSHA 1926.1053(b)(1), when a portable ladder is used to access a trench landing, how far must the side rails extend above the upper landing surface, unless the ladder is properly secured and a grasping device is provided?
A competent person classifies a 12-foot-deep utility trench in moist, previously disturbed sandy soil as Type C. Which protective option is NOT acceptable under OSHA Subpart P?
Per OSHA 1926.652, excavation below the bottom of a trench shield is limited to no more than 2 feet unless certain conditions are met. Why does that limit exist?
On a critical-path method (CPM) schedule, the critical path is best defined as which of the following?
Project Management
A written change order on an airport construction contract is used primarily to do which of the following?
The Notice to Proceed (NTP) on an airport contract typically does which of the following?
Liquidated damages in an airport paving contract are best described as which of the following?
A Request for Information (RFI) is the contractor's formal tool to do which of the following?
Shop drawings and material submittals on an FAA airport project are required so that which party can review proposed materials and details before incorporation into the work?
Substantial completion on an airport paving project generally means which of the following?
FAA Item C-100 requires the contractor to submit and follow a Contractor Quality Control Program (CQCP). What is the CQCP's primary purpose?
FAA Item C-110 is the method of estimating Percentage of Material Within Specification Limits (PWL). A P-401 or P-501 lot with a PWL below 55 percent is typically treated how?
A project benchmark used for airport earthwork is best described as which of the following?
Surveying Layout
On a runway reconstruction, station 12+50 refers to a point how far from station 0+00 along the alignment?
Blue-top stakes on a P-152 subgrade or P-209 base are typically used to do which of the following?
An offset stake set 10 feet right of runway centerline at the same station is used primarily to do which of the following?
Per the APWA Uniform Color Code used with New Mexico 811 markings, which color is used for temporary survey markings?
If the contractor destroys the engineer's primary control monuments on an airport project, what is the correct action?
A runway profile grade of +0.80 percent means the pavement surface rises how much in 100 feet of stationing?
Per NMSA 62-14-2 and New Mexico 811 practice, "advance notice" of a planned excavation means notice given how long before digging, not counting the day of the call?
Nm One Call
Per NMSA 62-14-3(D), before an underground facility is initially exposed, the excavator must keep at least what clearance between the cutting edge of mechanical excavating equipment and the marked facility?
Per NMSA 62-14-3(C), after the initial locate request, the excavator must request reaffirmation of line location at least every how many working days?
Under New Mexico One-Call practice and 18.60.5 NMAC, an excavator should begin excavation only after which condition is met?
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