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CC. RUNOFF: The portion of rainfall, melted snow, or irrigation water that flows <br />across the ground surface and is eventually conveyed to water resources or <br />wetlands. <br />DD. SEDIMENT: The soils or other surface materials that are transported or deposited <br />by the action of wind, water, ice, gravity, or any combination of those forces, as a <br />product of erosion. <br />EE. SEDIMENTATION: The deposition or settling of sediment. <br />FF. SEDIMENT STORAGE VOLUME: See current edition of Rainwater and Land <br />Development. <br />GG. SOIL DISTURBING ACTIVITY: Clearing, grading, excavating, filling, grubbing <br />or stump removal that occurs during clearing or timber activities, or other <br />alteration of the earth's surface where natural or human made ground cover is <br />destroyed and that may result in, or contribute to, erosion and sediment pollution. <br />HH. SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: An entity organized under <br />Chapter 940 of the Ohio Revised Code referring to either the Soil and Water <br />Conservation District Board or its designated employee(s). Hereafter referred to <br />as Cuyahoga SWCD. <br />II. STABILIZATION: The use of BMPs, such as seeding and mulching, that reduce <br />or prevent soil erosion by water, wind, ice, gravity or a combination of those <br />forces. <br />JJ. STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWP3): The written <br />document that sets forth the plans and practices to be used to meet the <br />requirements of this regulation. <br />KK. STORMWATER: Stormwater runoff, snow melt and surface runoff and drainage. <br />LL. SURFACE OUTLET: A dewatering device that only draws water from the <br />surface of the water. <br />MM. TEMPORARY STABILIZATION: The establishment of temporary vegetation, <br />mulching, geotextiles, sod, preservation of existing vegetation, and other <br />techniques capable of quickly establishing cover over disturbed areas to provide <br />erosion control between construction operations. <br />NN. TOPSOIL: The upper layer of the soil that is usually darker in color and richer in <br />organic matter and nutrients than subsoil. <br />00. UNSTABLE SOILS: A portion of land that is identified by the City Engineer as <br />prone to slipping, sloughing, or landslides, or is identified by the U.S. Department <br />