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Ordinance No. 2281 <br /> Page 8 of 32 <br /> municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a State, or any interstate <br /> body. <br /> 32."Pollutant" means dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, <br /> sewage, pet wastes, manure, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical <br /> wastes or byproducts, fuels, biological materials, radioactive materials (except <br /> those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. <br /> 2011 et seq.)), heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, sediment, contaminated <br /> waste discharged from hot tubs, pools or spas, dumped yard wastes, food <br /> related wastes, rock, sand, dirt, and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste <br /> discharged into water, or placed in an area or manner such that it could be swept <br /> away or carried by stormwater runoff. <br /> 33."Premises" means any building, lot, parcel, real estate, or land or portion of land, <br /> whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking <br /> strips. <br /> 34."Regulated project" means a development project, as defined in MRP Provision <br /> C.3. These projects are required to implement LID source control, site design, <br /> and LID/GSI stormwater treatment onsite or at a joint stormwater treatment <br /> facility, in accordance with the criteria for LID/GSI and numeric sizing for <br /> stormwater treatment systems, and may be required to implement <br /> hydromodification management as put forth in the MRP. <br /> 35."Responsible person" means the owner, occupant, or entity responsible for any <br /> premises, or who engages in any activity, from which there is or may be a non- <br /> stormwater discharge or any Person who releases pollutants or waste to the <br /> MS4. <br /> 36."Source control" means structural or operational BMPs that are intended to <br /> prevent pollutants from coming into contact with stormwater through the physical <br /> separation of areas or careful management of activities that are sources of <br /> pollutants. <br /> 37."State" means the State of California. <br /> 38."Stormwater" means temporary surface water runoff and drainage generated by <br /> immediately preceding storms. This definition shall be interpreted consistent with <br /> the definition of"stormwater" in Section 122.26 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal <br /> Regulations. <br /> 39."Stormwater treatment system" means any engineered system designed to <br /> remove pollutants and waste from stormwater runoff by settling, filtration, <br /> biological degradation, plant uptake, media absorption/adsorption or other <br /> physical, biological, or chemical process. This includes landscape-based <br /> systems such as grassy swales and bioretention units as well as proprietary <br />