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ILLICIT CONNECTION. Either of the following:
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<br />(A) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal
<br />discharge to enter the storm drain system (including any nonstormwater discharge) including
<br />sewage, process wastewater, and wash water and any connections to the storm drain system from
<br />indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether the drain or connection had been previously
<br />allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or
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<br />(B) Any drain or conveyance connected from a residential, commercial or industrial land use to the
<br />storm drain system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and
<br />approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
<br />ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the storm sewer system,
<br />except as exempted herein in section 51.24(B).
<br />INDUSTRIAL USER. Any entity which discharges to the cityÓs wastewater treatment system, solid,
<br />liquid or gaseous wastes resulting from the process employed in industrial or manufacturing processes,
<br />or from the development of any natural resource.
<br />METER. A device that records gallons of water used and including remote reading devices associated
<br />thereto.
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<br />MPCA. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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<br />MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM OR MS4. The system of conveyances
<br />(including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catchbasins, curbs, gutters, ditches,
<br />manmade channels, or storm drains) owned and operated by the city and designed or used for collecting
<br />or conveying stormwater, and which is not used for collecting or conveying sewage.
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<br />MUNICIPAL UTILITY. Any city-owned utility system, including, but not by way of limitation, water,
<br />sewerage, stormwater drainage and refuse service.
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<br />NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewers, which overflow into a
<br />watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or ground water.
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<br />NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT.
<br />The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, which is the program for issuing, modifying,
<br />revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits under the Clean Water Act (Section
<br />301, 318, 402, and 405) and United States Code of Federal Regulations Title 33, Section 1317, 1328,
<br />1342, and 1345 authorizing the discharge of pollutants to water of the United States.
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<br />NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
<br />cooling or refrigeration, or during which the only pollutant added, is heat.
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<br />PLUMBER. A plumber licensed by the State of Minnesota.
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<br />POLLUTANT. Any substance which, when discharged has potential to or does any of the following:
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