Free Virginia RCRA Practice Test Online

Correct answer: A. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

DEQ is the Virginia agency that received RCRA authorization from EPA and administers the state hazardous waste program, including permitting, inspections, and generator oversight.

• B: The Virginia Department of Health regulates public health matters such as drinking water and vital records, not the state's RCRA hazardous waste program.
• C: The DMV oversees vehicle titling and driver licensing and has no role in administering Virginia's hazardous waste program.
• D: The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulates farming, pesticides sale, and weights and measures, not hazardous waste generator compliance.

Correct answer: B. 9VAC20-60

9VAC20-60 is the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, the chapter that sets out generator, transporter, and facility standards for the Commonwealth.

• A: 9VAC25-31 is part of the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit regulations administered under Title 9VAC25, which governs water discharges, not hazardous waste.
• C: 9VAC5-40 falls under Title 9VAC5, Virginia's air pollution control regulations, and has no bearing on hazardous waste generator requirements.
• D: 9VAC20-90 sets Virginia's solid and hazardous waste permit action and annual fee schedules, a related but separate chapter from the core generator management standards in 9VAC20-60.

Correct answer: C. The Virginia Waste Management Board

The Virginia Waste Management Board is the board that adopts and amends the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, which DEQ then implements and enforces.

• A: The State Water Control Board adopts Virginia's water quality and VPDES discharge regulations, a separate regulatory program from hazardous waste.
• B: The State Corporation Commission regulates utilities, insurance, and business entities in Virginia and has no rulemaking authority over hazardous waste.
• D: The Air Pollution Control Board adopts Virginia's air quality regulations and is unrelated to the hazardous waste program.

Correct answer: D. Title 10.1, Chapter 14

Title 10.1, Chapter 14 is the Virginia Waste Management Act, the statutory basis for DEQ's hazardous waste permitting, inspection, and civil and criminal enforcement authority.

• A: Title 62.1, Chapter 3.1 addresses the State Water Control Law and water quality permitting, not hazardous waste enforcement.
• B: Title 45.2 covers mining and energy resources in Virginia and does not establish hazardous waste enforcement authority.
• C: Title 32.1 governs public health matters administered by the Virginia Department of Health, not hazardous waste enforcement by DEQ.

Correct answer: A. Large quantity generators

Virginia requires large quantity generators to pay an annual fee to DEQ, invoiced after the close of the calendar year in which they held LQG status.

• B: Federal RCRA does not impose generator fees, and Virginia's annual fee obligation under 9VAC20-60-1284 applies specifically to large quantity generators, not the very small quantity category.
• C: Small quantity generators are not subject to Virginia's annual hazardous waste fee; that obligation is reserved for the large quantity generator category.
• D: Virginia does not charge every generator category an annual fee; only generators that were classified as large quantity generators in the prior year owe the fee.