Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this section unless otherwise specifically stated:
ACID SOIL
Soil with a pH of four or less or that contains iron sulfide.
APPLICANT
An individual person, developer, a partnership, corporation,
other entity or public or quasi-public agency requesting permission
to engage in land disturbance activity.
COMMITTEE
The State Soil Conservation Committee in the Department of
Agriculture, established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:24-3.
CONTAMINANT
Any hazardous substance, hazardous constituent, hazardous
waste or pollutant.
CONTRACTOR
Any person engaged in the moving, delivery or placement of
fill from, in or upon any land in the Township.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any parcel
of land included in a proposed development, including the holder of
an option or contract to purchase, or any other applicant or person
having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DISTURBANCE
Any activity involving the clearing, grading, transporting,
storing or filling of land or any other activity which causes soil
to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
FARM
Any area which is used for the sole purpose of farming which
provides for the use of land within its capabilities and treatment,
within practical limits, to grow and harvest produce or other crop,
the raising of animals for slaughter or the production of milk. The
raising of animals as a hobby or as a pet is exempt from the requirements
of this section.
FILL or FILL MATERIAL
Any sand, gravel, earth, soil, recycled concrete, roadbed
material, or other material of any composition whatsoever, the placement
of which upon a site results in a change of topography of the site.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Any hazardous substance as defined pursuant to Section 3
of P.L. 1976, c. 141 (N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11b); hazardous waste as defined
pursuant to Section 1 of P.L. 1976, c. 99 (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-38); or
pollutant as defined pursuant to Section 3 of P.L. 1977, c. 74 (N.J.S.A.
58:10A-3).
LAND
Any ground, soil or earth, including marshes, swamps, drainageways
and areas not permanently covered by water within the Township.
LAND DISTURBANCE
Any activity involving the clearing, grading, transporting,
storing or filling of land and, in addition, any activity which causes
land to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
LOT
Any parcel of land separated from other parcels or portions
as by a lawful subdivision or deed of record, survey map or by a metes
and bounds description.
MOVE
To dig, excavate, deposit, place, fill, grade, regrade, level
or otherwise alter or change the location or contour of any site,
or to transport and to supply fill material or soil from one parcel
or premises to another.
PERMIT
A certificate or other document issued to perform work or
other activity under this section.
PLAN
A scheme or design which indicates land treatment measures, including schedule
of the timing for their installation, to minimize soil erosion and
sedimentation.
PRIORITY POLLUTANT PLUS 40 or PP+40
The priority pollutant list of 126 compounds and elements
developed by the EPA pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water
Act and 40 nontargeted organic compounds detected by gas chromatography/mass
spectroscopy (GC/MS) analysis. For the purpose of this chapter, a
PP-40 scan means the analysis of a sample for all priority pollutants
except those as analyzed using GC/MS analytical methods. Nontargeted
compound criteria shall be used pursuant to the version of the EPA
"Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis,
Multi-media, Multi-concentration" in effect as of the date which the
laboratory is performing the analysis.
REMEDIATION
All necessary actions to investigate and clean up any known,
suspected or threatened discharge or placement of hazardous substances,
including, as necessary, identifying areas of concern and determining
the presence of hazardous substances and the collection and evaluation
of data adequate to determine whether or not discharged or placed
hazardous materials exist. In addition, remediation includes the determination
of the nature and extent of any discharged or placed hazardous substance,
identifying and evaluating any problems presented by the discharge
or placement and the performance of a remedial action.
SITE
Any plot, parcel or parcels of land.
SITE RESTORATION
Grading, landscaping, pavement repair or construction, the
installation of storm drains or inlets, construction of stormwater
detention basins, fences, walls, soil erosion protection measures
or other similar work necessary to bring a disturbed site to a condition
acceptable to the Township.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT OR COMMITTEE
The Mercer County Soil Conservation District or the state agency committee established or organized by the State of New Jersey, Department of Agriculture, under the provisions of Chapter
24, Title 4 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
STANDARDS
The standards promulgated by the Committee pursuant to this
Act.
STRIPPING
Any activity which significantly disturbs vegetated or otherwise
stabilized soil surface, including clearing and grubbing operations.