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water, including construction - phasing, minimizing the length of time soil areas are
<br />exposed, prohibitions, and other management practices published by state or designated
<br />area -wide planning agencies.
<br />DISCHARGE. Adding, introducing, releasing, leaking, spilling, casting, throwing,
<br />emitting any pollutant, or placing any pollutant in a location where it is likely to pollute
<br />waters of the state in the city.
<br />EROSION. The process by which ground surface is worn away by action of wind,
<br />water, ice, or gravity.
<br />GROUNDWATER. Water contained below the surface of the earth in the saturated
<br />zone including, without limitation, all waters whether under confined, unconfined, or
<br />perched conditions, in near surface unconsolidated sediment or regolith, or rock
<br />formations deeper underground.
<br />MPCA. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
<br />MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). The system of
<br />conveyances (including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch
<br />basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man -made channels, or storm drains) owned and operated
<br />by the city and designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water, and which is
<br />not used for collecting or conveying sewage.
<br />NPDES. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System; the program for
<br />issuing, modifying, revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits
<br />under the Clean Water Act ( §§ 301, 318, 402 and 405) and 33 C.F.R. §§ 1317, 1328,
<br />1342 and 1345 authorizing the discharge of pollutants to water of the United States.
<br />PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchise, association or
<br />governmental entity.
<br />POLLUTANT. Any substance which, when discharged has potential to or does:
<br />interfere with state designated water uses; obstruct or cause damage to waters of the state;
<br />change water color, odor, or usability as a drinking water source through causes not
<br />attributable to natural stream processes affecting surface water or subsurface processes
<br />affecting groundwater; add an unnatural surface film on the water; adversely change
<br />other chemical, biological, thermal, or physical conditions, in any surface water or stream
<br />channel; degrade the quality of ground water; or harm human life, aquatic life, or
<br />terrestrial plant and wildlife. POLLUTANT includes, but is not limited to, dredged soil,
<br />construction waste, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, wastewater, wastewater
<br />sludge, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, rock, sand, dust,
<br />industrial waste, sediment, nutrients, toxic substance, pesticide, herbicide, trace metal,
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