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Ordinance No. 2281
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<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
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