Terms defined. The following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter unless otherwise specifically
stated:
APPLICANT
A person, partnership, corporation or public agency requesting permission
to engage in land disturbance activity.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
A proposed subdivision of land, site plan, conditional use, zoning
variance, planned development or building permit.
CERTIFICATION
A written endorsement of a plan for soil erosion and sediment control
by the Somerset-Union Soil Conservation District, which indicates that the
plan meets the standards promulgated by the State Soil Conservation Committee
pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 251 or that the time allotted in Section 7 of said Act has expired
without action by the District.
COMMITTEE
The State Soil Conservation Committee in the Department of Agriculture,
established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:24-3.
CRITICAL AREA
A sediment-producing, highly erodible soil or severely eroded area.
DISTRICT
The Somerset-Union Soil Conservation District, organized pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 4:24-7 et seq.
DISTURBANCE
Any activity involving the clearing, excavating, storing, grading,
filling or transporting of soil or any other activity which causes soil to
be exposed to the danger of erosion.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind,
ice and gravity.
EXCAVATION or CUT
Any act by which soil or rock is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered,
removed, displaced or relocated.
FARM CONSERVATION PLAN
A plan which provides for the use of land, within its capabilities
and treatment, within practical limits, according to a chosen use to prevent
further deterioration of soil and water resources.
LAND
Any ground, soil or earth, including marshes, swamps, drainageways
and areas not permanently covered by water within the municipality.
PLAN
A scheme which indicates land treatment measures, including a schedule
of the timing for their installation, to minimize soil erosion and sedimentation.
PROJECT
The disturbance of more than 5,000 square feet of the surface area
of land for the accommodation of construction for which the Standard Building
Code of the State of New Jersey would require a building permit, except that
the construction of a single-family dwelling unit shall not be deemed a "project"
under this chapter unless such unit is part of a proposed subdivision, site
plan, conditional use, zoning variance, planned development or building permit
application involving two or more such single-family dwelling units.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being
transported or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity
as a product of erosion.
SITE
Any plot or parcel or parcels of land.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STANDARDS
The Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New Jersey
as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
STRIPPING
Any activity which significantly disturbs vegetated or otherwise
stabilized soil surface, including clearing and grubbing operations.