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<br />(g) CUT AND FILL SLOPES means a portion of land surface or area from <br />which soil material is excavated and/or filled. <br /> <br />(h) DENUDED AREA means a portion of land surface on which the vegetation <br />or other soil stabilization features have been removed, destroyed or covered, and which <br />may result in or contribute to erosion and sedimentation. <br /> <br />(i) DETENTION BASIN means a storm water management pond that remains <br />dry between storm events. Storm water management ponds include a properly <br />engineered/designed volume which is dedicated to the temporary storage and slow <br />release of runoff waters. <br /> <br />(j) DEVELOPMENT AREA means any tract, lot, or parcel of land, or <br />combination of tracts, lots or parcels of land, which are in one ownership, or are <br />contiguous and in diverse ownership, where earth-disturbing activity is to be performed. <br /> <br />(k) DITCH means an excavation, either dug or natural, for the purpose of <br />drainage or irrigation, and having intermittent flow. <br /> <br />(I) DUMPING means the grading, pushing, piling, throwing, unloading or <br />placing of soil or other material. <br /> <br />(m) EARTH DISTURBING ACTIVITY means any grading, excavating, filling, or <br />other alteration of the earth's surface where natural or man-made ground cover is <br />destroyed. <br /> <br />(n) EARTH MATERIAL means soil, sediment, rock, sand, gravel, and organic <br />material or residue associated with or attached to the soil. <br /> <br />(0) EROSION means the process by which the land surface is worn away by <br />the action of water, wind, ice or gravity. <br /> <br />(p) EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL means a written and/or drawn soil <br />erosion and sediment pollution control plan to minimize erosion and prevent off-site <br />sedimentation throughout all earth disturbing activities on a development area. <br /> <br />(q) EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PRACTICES means Conservation <br />measures used to control sediment pollution and including structural practices, <br />vegetative practices and management techniques. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />(r) EXISTING means in existence at the time of the passage of this chapter. <br /> <br />(s) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) means the agency <br /> <br />b <br />F <br /> <br />5 <br />