The following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
A person, partnership, corporation or public agency requesting
permission to engage in land disturbance activity.
APPROVED PLAN
A plan to control soil erosion and sedimentation which has
been approved by the proper municipal authority developed in cooperation
with the soil conservation district which provides for use of land,
within its capabilities and treatment, within practical limits, according
to chosen use to prevent further deterioration of soil and water resources.
CRITICAL AREA
An area which has a high potential for erosion, sediment,
or related environmental damage, or an area which has experienced
such damage.
CUT
Portion of land surface or area from which earth has been
removed or will be removed by excavation; the depth below original
ground surface to excavated surface.
DETENTION POND OR BASIN
A pond, basin or other structure or measure that provides
for temporary storage of stormwater and which includes a spillway
or other facility to release the water at a controlled rate of flow.
DIVERSION
A channel constructed across or at the bottom of a slope.
EROSION
Detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water,
wind, ice and gravity.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which soil or rock is cut into, dug, quarried,
uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated.
EXISTING GRADE
The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior
to cutting or filling.
FILL
A man-made deposit of soil, rock, or other materials.
FLOODPLAIN
The land bordering or adjacent to a river, stream, lake,
pond, swamp, or other waterway which is subject to flooding as evidenced
by:
(1)
Observed or recorded flood events;
(2)
Alluvial soil as shown on soil maps; or
(3)
As determined by state or federal statute, rule,
regulation or practice.
GRADING
Any stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling, or any combination
thereof and shall include the land in its cut or filled condition.
LAND
Any ground, soil, or earth, including marshes, swamps, drainageways
and areas not permanently covered by water.
LAND DISTURBANCE
Any activity involving the clearing, grading, transporting,
filling or excavation of land or any other activity which causes land
to be exposed to danger of erosion, but not including normal cultivation
practices incident to customary farming activity.
MULCHING
The application of plant or other suitable materials to the
soil surface to conserve moisture, hold soil in place, and aid in
establishing plant cover.
NATURAL GROUND SURFACE
The existing ground surface of land prior to any grading
excavation or other land disturbance.
SEDIMENT
Soil material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, or has been moved from its site or origin by
air, water or gravity as a result of erosion.
SEDIMENT BASIN
A pond, basin, or other structure or measure that provides
for the detention of water and deposit of sediment.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The Morris County Soil Conservation District which is a governmental subdivision of this state organized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
24, Title 4 (N.J.S.A. 4:24-1 et seq.).
SOIL EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL, AND FLOOD PREVENTION PLAN (HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AS THE "PLAN")
A plan which fully indicates necessary land treatment measures,
including a schedule of the timing for their installation, which will
effectively prevent floods and minimize soil erosion and sedimentation.
Such measures shall be equivalent to or exceed standards adopted by
the New Jersey State Soil Conservation Committee and administered
by the Morris County Soil Conservation District.
STANDARDS
The standards for soil erosion and sediment control in New
Jersey as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
STRIPPING
Any activity which removes or significantly disturbs vegetated
or otherwise stabilized soil surface, including clearing and grubbing
operations.
VEGETATIVE PROTECTION
Stabilization of erosive or sediment producing areas of land
by covering the soil with one or more of the following:
(1)
Permanent seeding or permanent plantings producing
long-term vegetative cover of land.
(2)
Short-term seeding or short-term plantings producing
temporary vegetative cover of land.
(3)
Sodding, producing areas covered with a turf
of perennial sod-forming grass.
WATERCOURSE
Any natural or artificial watercourse, stream, river, creek,
ditch, channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, gully, ravine, wash
or other waterway in which water flows in a definite direction or
course, either continuously or intermittently, within a definite channel
and including any area adjacent thereto subject to inundation by reason
of overflow of floodwater.