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CITY OF LADE ELMO
<br />COUNTY OF NVASHINGTON
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />ORDINANCE 2012-59
<br />AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING REGULATIONS TO GOVERN ILLICIT DISCHARGE
<br />AND CONNECTION IN THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
<br />Section 1. The Cite Council of the Ci , of Lade Elmo hereby ordains that Section 11.01
<br />(Definitions) is hereby amended to add the following definitions:
<br />BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of
<br />practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices,
<br />maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of
<br />pollutants directly or indirectly to storm water, receiving waters, or storm water conveyance
<br />systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control
<br />site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
<br />CLEAN WATER ACT. The federal. Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
<br />seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
<br />HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Any material, including any substance, waste, or
<br />combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or
<br />infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or
<br />potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated,
<br />stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
<br />ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect non-stonn water discharge to the storm
<br />drain system.
<br />ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. An illicit connection is defined as either of the following:
<br />Any drain. or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface that allows an illegal discharge to
<br />enter the storm drain system including but not limited to any conveyances that allow any non -
<br />storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm
<br />drain system and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks,
<br />regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or
<br />approved by an authorized enforcement agency or,
<br />Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain
<br />system that has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an
<br />authorized enforcement agency.
<br />MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). The system of
<br />conveyances (including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins,
<br />curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) owned and operated by the City and
<br />designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water, and that is not used for collecting or
<br />conveying sewage.
<br />NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
<br />STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. Means a permit issued by EPA (or by a State under
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