The EPA recommends having a _____ to help control excess stormwater, welding waste, and cleaning waste.

• A. Best Management Plan
• B. Environmental Impact Statement
• C. Risk Assessment
• D. Hazardous Waste Manifest

Answer: (A)

Having a Best Management Plan provides a formal, written approach to keep excess stormwater, welding waste, and cleaning waste from entering the environment. It isn’t just a concept—it's a plan that ties together the specific practices you will use, who is responsible, how waste is contained and disposed of, and how you monitor and maintain controls on site. This makes it the best choice because it translates pollution-prevention goals into actionable procedures you can consistently apply, helping ensure regulatory compliance and ongoing protection of water and air.

The other options describe different tools that don’t organize on-site controls in the same way. An Environmental Impact Statement assesses the potential environmental effects of a proposed project, a Risk Assessment identifies hazards and their severity but doesn’t establish the on-site procedures for controlling waste, and a Hazardous Waste Manifest is a shipping document used for transporting waste rather than a plan to prevent pollution at the source.