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• MPCA: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
<br /> • Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4): The system of conveyances (including
<br /> sidewalks, roads with drainage systems,municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
<br /> ditches, channels, or storm drains) owned and operated by the City and designed or used for
<br /> collecting or conveying storm water, and which is not used for collecting or conveying
<br /> sewage.
<br /> • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge permit: A
<br /> permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) that authorizes the
<br /> discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an
<br /> individual, group, or general area-wide basis.
<br /> • Non-Stormwater Discharge: Any discharge to the storm drain system that is not composed
<br /> entirely of storm water.
<br /> • Owner/Custodian: Any person, group or corporation who harbors, feeds,boards,possesses,
<br /> keeps, or has custody of an animal.
<br /> • Person: Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation, or other
<br /> entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or as the owner's agent.
<br /> • Pollutant: Anything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include,but are
<br /> not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; non-hazardous
<br /> liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or
<br /> abandoned objects, ordinances, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to
<br /> pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes;
<br /> sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes;
<br /> wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or
<br /> offensive matter of any kind.
<br /> • Pollute: To discharge pollutants into waters of the state.
<br /> • Pollution: The direct or indirect distribution of pollutants into waters of the state.
<br /> • Premises: Any building, lot,parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or
<br /> unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
<br /> • Storm Sewer System: Publicly owned facilities by which storm water is collected and/or
<br /> conveyed, including but not limited to any roads with drainage systems,municipal streets,
<br /> gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins,
<br /> natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, and other drainage
<br /> structures.
<br /> • Stormwater: Any surface flow, runoff, or drainage consisting entirely of water from any form
<br /> of natural precipitation and resulting from such precipitation.
<br /> • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP): A document which describes the Best
<br /> Management Practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify
<br /> sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant
<br /> discharges to stormwater, stormwater conveyance systems, and/or receiving waters to the
<br /> Maximum Extent Practicable.
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