For the purpose of this Part 2, the following definitions describe
the meanings of the terms used in this Part 2:
AGRICULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Those methods used in the cultivation of land in order to
further crop and livestock production and conservation of related
soil and water resources. Logging and timbering operations are not
considered "agricultural practices."
APPLICANT
Any person, firm or government agency who executes the necessary
forms to procure official approval of a project or a permit to carry
out construction of a project.
CLEAR
Any activity which removes the vegetative land cover.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, dredging,
filling, clearing, excavation, dumping, extraction or storage of equipment
or materials. "Development" includes subdivision of land.
[Added 6-10-1992]
EASEMENT
A grant or reservation by the owner of land for the use of
such land by others for a specific purpose or purposes and which must
be included in the conveyance of land affected by such easement.
EROSION
The process by which the land surface is worn away by the
action of wind, water, ice or gravity.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
A set of drawings or other document submitted by a person
as a prerequisite to obtaining a grading or other type of permit,
which contains all of the information and specifications pertaining
to erosion and sediment control.
GRADING
Any act by which soil, earth or rock is cleared, stripped,
stockpiled, excavated, scarified, filled or any combination thereof.
INSPECTOR
An employee of Allegany County or a County-funded employee
of the Soil Conservation District whose duties include the inspection
and enforcement of Sediment Control Measures at the direction of the
local permitting official.
[Added 6-10-1992]
LOCAL PERMITTING OFFICIAL
An employee designated by the Allegany County Commissioners
to have the authority and responsibility to implement the terms of
this Part 2.
[Added 6-10-1992]
SEDIMENT
Soils or other surficial materials transported or deposited
by the action of wind, water, ice or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
Any tract, lot or parcel of land or combination of tracts,
lots or parcels of land which are in one ownership or are contiguous
and in diverse ownership when development is to be performed as part
of a unit, subdivision or product.
SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The Allegany Soil Conservation District or any of its employees.
The "Soil Conservation District" is the approving authority for all
erosion and sediment control plans.
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
The 1983 Maryland Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion
and Sediment Control, or any subsequent revisions.
START OF CONSTRUCTION
The date of issue of the permit for any development, provided
that the actual start of grading, construction or improvement was
within 180 days of permit issuance.
[Added 6-10-1992]
SURFACE MINING
The strip or open pit mining of coal by those methods approved
by the State Bureau of Mines. "Surface mining" of materials other
than coal are subject to Water Resources Administration approval and
regulations.
WATERCOURSE
Any natural or man-made stream, river, creek, ditch, channel,
canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine or wash, in
and including any area adjacent thereto which is subject to inundation
by reason of overflow of floodwater.