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<br />stonnwater runoff.
<br />9. MAXIMUM EXTEN~RACTICABLE IMEP1: ~1 standard for water quality that applies to all MS4 t.
<br />operators regulated under the NPDES program. Since no precise definition of MEP exists, it allows far ~~'~,
<br />maximum t7cxibility on the part of MS4 operators as they develop and implement their programs to
<br />reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable. including management
<br />practices control techniques and system design and engineering methods, and such other provisions
<br />as the Administrator or the State detem~ines appropriate for the control of pollutants.
<br />] 0. MECHANICAL CLEANING TECHNIOU)=S: Arran~in~ the collision between the substance beink t_,
<br />removed and some obiect. Mechanical cleaning technimles include: sweeping, shoveling, or blowing.
<br />This does NOT include using water to clean the surface.
<br />ll l_MPCA: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
<br />l2. MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM {MS4); The system of conveyances
<br />(including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
<br />ditches,Fhannels, or storm drains) owned atld operated by the City and designed or used for col]ecting
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<br />or conveying storm water, and which is not used for collecting or conveying sewage.
<br />13. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES): The national
<br />program for issuing, modifying, revoking, and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing
<br />permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under sections 307, 318, 402, and 405
<br />of the Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, sections 1317, 1328, 1342, and 1345.
<br />Deleted: c#>ILLICIT DISCHARGE:
<br />Any direct ar indirect non-stann water
<br />discharge to fhe S1onn sewer system,
<br />except as exempted in Ibis chapter. ¶
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<br />l4. PERSON: Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchise, association or governmental
<br />entity.
<br />15 PERVIOUS SURFACE: Pervious areas permit water to enter the ground by virtue of their porous ~ Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
<br />nature or by large voids in the material Commonly_pervious areas have vege>;ation rg owing on them. ~, Formatted: Font: (Default) Times
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<br />l6. POLLUTANT: Any substance which, when discharged has potential to or does any of the Following: ~` New Roman, 11 pt, Font color: Auto
<br />(i) Interferes with state designated water uses; Formatted: Font: (Defaulq Tim
<br />(ii) Obstructs or causes damage to waters of the state; New Roman, li pt, Font color: Au
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<br />natural stream processes affecting surface wafer or subsurface processes affecting groundwater; Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
<br />(iv) Adds an unnatural surface film on the water;
<br />(v) Adversely changes other chemical, biological, thermal, or physical condition, in any surface water or
<br />stream channel;
<br />{vi) Degrades the quality of,g_roundwater; or Deleted: ground water
<br />(vii) Hanns human life, aquatic life, or terrestrial plant and wildlife. A Pollutant includes but is not
<br />]invited to dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, wastewater sludge, chemical waste,
<br />biological materials, radioactive materials, rock, sand, dust, industrial waste, sediment, nutrients,
<br />toxic substance, pesticide, herbicide, trace metal, automotive fluid, petroleum-based substance,
<br />wastewater, and oxygen-demanding material.
<br />17. POLLUTE; To discharge pollutants into waters of the state. - Formatted: Bullets and Numbering 1
<br />18. POLLUTION: The director indirect distribution of pollutants into waters of the state.
<br />] 9. PREMISES: Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved
<br />including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips
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<br />(ii) 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
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