28-14 Amend Chp. 1339 Storm Water Mgmt

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(c) CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN EROSION AND SEDIMENT CON- TROL ( CPESC) means a person that has met the requirements established by the CPESC Council of Certified Professional In Erosion and Sedunent Control, Inc. to be a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. (d) CHANNEL means a natural stream that conveys water, or a ditch or channel excavated for the natural flow of water. (e) CONCENTRATED STORM WATER RUNOFF means surface water run- off which converges and flows primarily through water conveyance features such as swales, gullies, waterways, channels or storm sewers, and which ex- ceeds the maximum specified flow rates of filters or perimeter controls intended to control sheet flow. (f) CONSERVATION means the wise use and management of natural re- sources. (g) CUT AND FILL SLOPES means a portion of land surface or area from which soil material is excavated and/or filled. (h) DENUDED AREA means a portion of land surface on which the vegetation or other soil stabilization features have been removed, destroyed or covered, and which may result in or contribute to erosion and sedimentation. (i) DETENTION BASIN means a storm water management pond that remains dry between storm events. Storm water management ponds include a properly engineered/designed volume which is dedicated to the temporary storage and slow release of runoff waters. 0) DEVELOPMENT AREA means any tract, lot, or parcel of land, or combina- tion of tracts, lots or parcels of land, which are in one ownership, or are contigu- ous and in diverse ownership, where earth- disturbing activity is to be performed. (k) DITCH means an excavation, either dug or natural, for the purpose of drain- age or irrigation, and having intermittent flow. (1) DUMPING means the grading, pushing, piling, throwing, unloading or plac- ing of soil or other material. (m) EARTH DISTURBING ACTIVITY means any grading, excavating, filling, or other alteration of the earth's surface where natural or man -made ground cov- er is destroyed. (n) EARTH MATERIAL means soil, sediment, rock, sand, gravel, and organic material or residue associated with or attached to the soil. (o) EROSION means the process by which the land surface is worn away by the action of water, wind, ice or gravity. (p) EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL means a written and/or drawn soil erosion and sediment pollution control plan to minimize erosion and prevent off- site sedimentation throughout all earth disturbing activities on a develop- ment area.