For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular number includes the plural; and the plural includes the singular; words of masculine gender include feminine gender; and words of feminine gender include masculine gender.
B. 
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the specific example but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances of like kind and character.
C. 
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, trust company, corporation, or any other similar entity.
D. 
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may" and "should" are permissive.
E. 
The words "used or occupied" include the words "intended, designed, maintained or arranged to be used, occupied or maintained."
F. 
The words "watershed," "sub-watershed" and "drainage area" are synonymous and refer to the contributing area of interest.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCELERATED EROSION
The removal of the surface of the land through the combined action of man's activities and the natural process at a rate greater than would occur because of the natural process alone.
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
The work of producing crops and raising livestock including tillage, plowing, disking, harrowing, pasturing and installation of conservation measures. Construction of new buildings or impervious area is not considered an agricultural activity.
ALTERATION
As applied to land, a change in topography as a result of the moving of soil and rock from one location or position to another; the changing of surface conditions by causing the surface to be more or less impervious; land disturbance.
APPLICANT
A landowner, developer, their heirs, successors or assigns or other person who has filed an application for approval to engage in any regulated activities at a project site within the municipality.
BAFFLES
Guides, grids, grating or similar devices placed in a pond to deflect or regulate flow and create a longer flow path.
BASE FLOOD
The flood, also known as the one-hundred-year flood, which has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; the flood which has been selected to serve as the basis upon which the floodplain management provisions of this and other ordinances have been prepared.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
Activities, facilities, measures, planning or procedures used to manage stormwater impacts from regulated activities, to meet state water quality requirements, to promote groundwater recharge and to otherwise meet the purposes of this chapter. Stormwater BMPs are commonly grouped into one of two broad categories or measures: "nonstructural" or "structural." "Nonstructural" BMPs are measures referred to as operational and/or behavior-related practices that attempt to minimize the contact of pollutants with stormwater runoff whereas "structural" BMPs are measures that consist of a physical device or practice that is installed to capture and treat stormwater runoff. "Structural" BMPs include, but are not limited to, a wide variety of practices and devices, from large-scale wet ponds and constructed wetlands, to small-scale underground treatment systems, infiltration facilities, filter strips, low impact design, bioretention, wet ponds, permeable paving, grassed swales, riparian or forested buffers, sand filters, detention basins, and manufactured devices. "Structural" stormwater BMPs are permanent appurtenances to the project site.
BIORETENTION
A water quality practice that utilizes landscaping and soils to treat stormwater runoff by collecting it in shallow depressions before filtering through a fabricated planting soil media.
BMP MANUAL
The Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual as published by the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Watershed Management, document number: 363-0300-002, effective date: December 30, 2006, and as revised.
BRIDGE
For the purpose of this chapter a bridge is defined as a stormwater conveyance structure requiring an effective span or diameter exceeding six feet.
CARBONATE GEOLOGY
Limestone or dolomite bedrock.
CHECK DAM
An earthen, stone or log structure, used in grass swales to reduce water velocities, promote sediment deposition, and enhance infiltration.
COMMISSIONERS
The governing body of the County of Lebanon.
COMMONWEALTH
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The Lebanon County Conservation District (LCCD). The Lebanon County Conservation District has the authority under a delegation agreement executed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to administer all or a portion of the erosion and sediment control program and construction activities within the political boundaries of Lebanon County, PA.
CONSTRUCTION
The building, reconstruction, extension, expansion, alteration, substantial improvement, or erection or relocation of a building or structure, including manufactured homes, and gas or liquid storage tanks. For floodplain purposes, "new construction" includes structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of a floodplain management regulation adoption by the municipality.
CONVEYANCE
The ability of a pipe, culvert, swale or other similar facility to carry the peak flow from the design storm.
COUNTY
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
CULVERT
A structure with appurtenant works that carries a stream and/or stormwater runoff under or through an embankment or fill.
DAM
An artificial barrier, together with its appurtenant works, constructed for the purpose of impounding or storing water or another fluid or semifluid, or a refuse bank, fill or structure for highway, railroad or other purposes which does or may impound water or another fluid or semifluid.
DEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGN STORM
The magnitude and temporal distribution of precipitation from a storm event measured in probability of occurrence (e.g., a twenty-five-year storm) and duration (e.g., 24 hours), used in the design and evaluation of stormwater management systems.
DETENTION BASIN
An impoundment structure designed to manage stormwater runoff by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it at a pre-determined rate.
DETENTION POND
A vegetated pond designed to collect water runoff for a given storm event and release it at a pre-determined rate; also known as a "dry pond."
DETENTION VOLUME
The volume of runoff that is captured and released during or after a storm event and released into the waters of the commonwealth at a controlled rate.
DEVELOPER
A person, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity, or any responsible person therein or agent thereof, that undertakes any regulated activity of this chapter.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, filling, grading, paving, excavating, earth disturbance activity, mining, dredging or drilling operations, the placement of manufactured homes, streets and other paving, utilities and the subdivision of land.
DISTURBED AREA
An unstabilized land area where an earth disturbance activity is occurring or has occurred.
DOWNSLOPE PROPERTY LINE
That portion of the property line of the lot, tract, or parcels of land being developed located such that overland or piped flow from the site would be directed toward it.
DRAINAGE CONVEYANCE FACILITY
A stormwater management facility designed to convey stormwater runoff and shall include streams, channels, swales, pipes, conduits, culverts, storm sewers, etc.
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
A right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the use of private land for stormwater management, drainage, or conveyance purposes.
EARTH DISTURBANCE ACTIVITY
A construction or other human activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavations, embankments, land development, mineral extraction, and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or storing of soil, rock or earth materials.
ENERGY DISSIPATER
A device used to slow the velocity of stormwater particularly at points of concentrated discharge such as pipe outlets.
ENGINEER, TOWNSHIP
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designated by the East Hanover Township Board of Supervisors to perform duties as required by this chapter on behalf of the Township.
EROSION
The natural process by which the surface of the land is worn away by water, wind, or chemical action.
EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION POLLUTION CONTROL PLAN
A site-specific plan consisting of both drawings and narrative that identifies BMPs that minimize accelerated erosion and sedimentation before, during, and after earth disturbance activities.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed. It shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
EXCEPTIONAL VALUE WATERS
Surface waters of high quality, which satisfies Pa. Code Title 25, Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards, § 93.4b(b) (relating to antidegradation).
EXISTING CONDITIONS
All existing pervious land cover shall be considered as "meadow" unless the natural land cover is documented to generate lower curve numbers or rational "C" coefficients, such as forested lands.
EXTENDED DETENTION
A stormwater design feature that provides for the gradual release of a volume of water in order to increase settling of pollutants and protect downstream channels from frequent storm events.
FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FILL
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom; the difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade; the material used to make fill.
FILTER STRIP
A strip of permanent vegetation above ponds, diversions and other structures to retard the flow of runoff, causing deposition of transported material, thereby reducing sedimentation.
FLOOD FRINGE
The remaining portions of the one-hundred-year floodplain outside of the floodway boundary.
FLOODPLAIN
Any land susceptible to inundation by water from any natural source or delineated by applicable department of housing and urban development, federal insurance administration flood hazard boundary, mapped as being a special flood hazard area. Included are lands adjoining a river or stream that have been or may be inundated by a one-hundred-year flood. Also included are areas that comprise Group 13 soils, as listed in Appendix A of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Technical Manual for Sewage Enforcement Officers (as amended or replaced from time to time by PADEP).
FLOODWAY
The channel of watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge the one-hundred-year frequency flood. Unless otherwise specified, the boundary of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance studies provided by FEMA. In an area where no FEMA maps or studies have defined the boundary of the one-hundred-year frequency floodway, it is assumed-absent evidence to the contrary — that the floodway extends from the stream to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the stream.
FOREST MANAGEMENT/TIMBER OPERATIONS
Planning and activities necessary for the management of forest land. These include timber inventory and preparation of forest management plans, silvicultural treatment, cutting budgets, logging road design and construction, timber harvesting, site preparation and reforestation.
FREEBOARD
A vertical distance between the elevation of the design high water and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, or diversion ridge. The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
GOVERNING BODY
East Hanover Township Board of Supervisors.
GRADE
A reference plane, usually of the road, channel or natural ground specified in percent and shown on plans as specified herein.
(TO) GRADE
To finish surface of a roadbed, top of embankment or bottom of excavation.
GRADING
The act of moving earth. Changing of the earth surface by excavation or fill.
GRASSED WATERWAY
A natural or constructed waterway, usually broad and shallow, covered with erosion-resistant grasses, often used to conduct surface water from cropland.
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
Replenishment of existing natural underground water supplies.
HIGH QUALITY WATERS
Surface waters having quality, which exceeds levels necessary to support propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water by satisfying Pa. Code Title 25, Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards, § 93.4b(a).
HYDROGRAPH
A graph showing the rate of flow (discharge) versus time past a specific point in a river or other channel or conduit carrying flow, or to a point of interest. The rate of flow is typically expressed in cubic meters or cubic feet per second (ems or cfs).
HYDROLOGIC SOIL GROUP (HSG)
A classification of soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service into one of four HSG classifications (A, B, C, and D) according to their minimum infiltration rate, which is obtained for bare soil after prolonged wetting. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the US Department of Agriculture defines the four groups and provides a list of most of the soils in the United States and their group classification. The soils in the area of interest may be identified from a soil survey report generated by the use of the NRCS Web Soil Survey at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov. Soils become less pervious as the HSG varies from A to D.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE (IMPERVIOUS AREA)
A surface that prevents the infiltration of water into the ground. Impervious surfaces (or areas) shall include, but are not limited to: roofs, additional indoor living spaces, patios, garages, storage sheds, and similar structures, streets, sidewalks and vehicle and pedestrian areas that are gravel and crushed stone. Any surface area proposed to initially be gravel, crushed stone or paving shall be assumed to be impervious. Pervious paving shall be considered as an impervious surface for runoff management and storage calculations. In addition, other areas determined by the East Hanover Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition shall also be considered as contributing to total impervious cover.
IMPOUNDMENT
A retention or detention basin designed to retain stormwater runoff and release it at a controlled rate.
IMPROVEMENTS
Physical additions and changes to the land, necessary to produce usable and desirable lots.
INFILTRATION STRUCTURES
A structure designed to direct runoff into the ground (e.g., French drains, seepage pits, seepage trench, bio-infiltration facilities, etc.).
INLET
A surface connection to a closed drain. A structure at the diversion of a conduit. The upstream end of any structure through which water may flow.
KARST
A type of topography or landscape characterized by surface depressions, sinkholes, rock pinnacles/uneven bedrock surface, steep-sided hills, underground drainage and caves. Karst is formed on carbonate rocks.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Any of the following activities:
A. 
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) 
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
(2) 
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
B. 
A subdivision of land.
C. 
Development in accordance with 53 P.S. § 10503(1.1) of the PA Municipalities Planning Code.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
LEVEL SPREADER
A level structural device providing a smooth, stable surface such as concrete or similar nondegradable material which effectively distributes stormwater uniformly over the ground surface as sheet flow to prevent concentrated, erosive flows and promote infiltration.
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
Professional engineers, landscape architects, geologists and land surveyors licensed to practice within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LIMIT OF DISTURBANCE
A line provided on the erosion and sediment control and stormwater management site plan that indicates the total area to be disturbed during a proposed earth disturbance activity.
MANNING'S EQUATION (MANNING'S FORMULA)
A method for calculation of velocity of flow (e.g., feet per second) and flow rate (e.g., cubic feet per second) in open channels based upon channel shape, roughness, depth of flow and slope. "Open channels" may include closed conduits so long as the flow is not under pressure.
MINIMUM SEPARATION
The minimum distance between the discharge or runoff from impervious surfaces and the receiving stream, storm sewer or property line, whichever is smaller, whether the discharge is point or nonpoint discharge. It is intended to provide ample, natural undisturbed vegetated pervious areas to allow for the infiltration of increased volumes of runoff.
MUNICIPALITY
East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
The national system for the issuance of permits under Section 402 of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 1342) including a state or interstate program which has been approved in whole or in part by the Environmental Protection Agency, including the regulations codified in Chapter 92a (relating to NPDES permitting, monitoring and compliance), and as specified in Title 25, Chapter 102.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
NATURAL DRAINAGE FLOW
The pattern of surface and stormwater drainage from a particular site before construction or installation of improvements or prior to any re-grading.
NOAA ATLAS 14
Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States, Atlas 14, Volume 2, US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Hydrometeorological Design Study Center, Silver Spring, Maryland (2004). NOAA's Atlas 14 can be accessed at Internet address: http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/.
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
Pollution that enters a water body from diffuse origins in the watershed and does not result from discernible, confined, or discrete conveyances.
NPDES PERMIT FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
A permit required for the discharge or potential discharge of stormwater into waters of the commonwealth from construction activities, including clearing and grubbing, grading and excavation activities involving one acre or more of earth disturbance activity or an earth disturbance activity on any portion, part, or during any stage of, a larger common plan of development or sale that involves one acre or more of earth disturbance activity over the life of the project.
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service [(previously Soil Conservation Service (SCS)].
ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The control of runoff to allow water falling on a given site to be absorbed or retained on site to the extent that after development the peak rate of discharge leaving the site does not exceed the allowable rate as directed by this chapter.
OPEN CHANNEL
A drainage element in which stormwater flows with an open surface. Open channels include, but shall not be limited to, natural and man-made drainageways, swales, streams, ditches, canals and pipes flowing partly full.
OUTFALL
A. 
Point where water flows from a conduit, stream, or drain;
B. 
"Point source" as described in 40 CFR 122.2 at the point where the municipality's sewer system discharges to surface waters of the commonwealth.
OUTLET
Points of water disposal from a stormwater conveyance system, stream, river, lake, tidewater, or artificial drain.
PADEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PARENT TRACT
All contiguous land held in single and separate ownership, regardless whether:
A. 
Such land is divided into one or more lots, parcels, purports or tracts;
B. 
Such land was acquired by the landowner at different times or by different deeds, devise, partition or otherwise; or
C. 
Such land is bisected by public or private streets or right-of-way, which was held by the landowner or his predecessor in title on the effective date of this chapter.
PARKING LOT STORAGE
The use of impervious or semi-impervious parking areas as temporary impounds with controlled release rates during rainstorms.
PEAK DISCHARGE
The maximum rate of stormwater runoff from a specific storm event.
PENNDOT
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE
Adopted as Act 247 of 1968, this act enables municipalities to plan for, and regulate community development with subdivision and land development ordinances. The code also contains guidelines for subdivision and land development ordinance content. For the purpose of this chapter, the code is referred to as "Act 247" and is intended to include the current code and any further amendments thereto.[1]
PERSON
An individual, partnership, public or private association or corporation, or a governmental unit, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
PERVIOUS AREA
Any area not defined as impervious.
PIPE
A culvert, closed conduit, or similar structure (including appurtenances) that conveys stormwater.
POINT SOURCE
Any discernible, confined, or discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to: any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, or conduit from which stormwater is or may be discharged, as defined in state regulations at Pa. Code Title 25, § 92a.2.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
POLLUTANT
Any contaminant or other alteration of the physical, chemical, biological or radiological integrity of surface water which causes or has the potential to cause pollution as defined in Section 1 of the Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. § 691.1).
POLLUTION
Contamination of any surface waters such as will create or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life, including but not limited to such contamination by alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of such waters or change in temperature, taste, color or odor thereof, or the discharge of any liquid, gaseous, radioactive, solid or other substances into such waters.
PROJECT SITE
The specific area of land where any regulated activities are planned, conducted, or maintained.
QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL
Any person licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of State or otherwise qualified by law to perform the work required by this chapter.
RATIONAL FORMULA
A rainfall-runoff relation used to estimate peak flow.
RECHARGE VOLUME
The portion of the water quality volume used to maintain groundwater recharge rates at development sites.
REDEVELOPMENT
Earth disturbance activities on land, which has previously been developed.
REGULATED ACTIVITIES
Any earth disturbance activities or any activities that involve the alteration or development of land in a manner that may affect stormwater runoff and activities that may contribute non-stormwater runoff discharges to a regulated small MS4. "regulated activities" include, but are not limited to, the following listed items:
A. 
Earth disturbance activities.
B. 
Land development.
C. 
Subdivision.
D. 
Construction of new or additional impervious or semi-impervious surfaces.
E. 
Construction of new buildings or additions to existing buildings.
F. 
Diversion or piping of any natural or man-made stream channel.
G. 
Installation of new or modification of existing stormwater management facilities or appurtenances thereto.
H. 
Installation of new or modification of existing stormwater BMPs.
I. 
Changes in soil absorption caused by compaction during development or timber harvesting.
J. 
Redirection or concentration of runoff to adjoining properties, as it relates to properties regulated under this chapter.
K. 
Modification in contours, including filling and/or draining of low areas, as it relates to properties regulated under this chapter.
REGULATED EARTH DISTURBANCE ACTIVITY
Activity involving earth disturbance subject to regulation under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 92a, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102, or the Clean Streams Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
RELEASE RATE
The percentage, or event criteria of the pre-development peak rate of runoff from a site or sub-watershed area to which the post-development peak rate of runoff must be reduced to protect downstream areas.
RETENTION BASIN
A pond containing a permanent pool of water designed and/or constructed to store water runoff for a given storm event and release it at a predetermined rate.
RETENTION VOLUME/REMOVED RUNOFF
The volume of runoff that is captured and not released directly into the surface waters of the commonwealth during or after a storm event.
RETURN PERIOD
The average interval, in years, within which a storm event of a given magnitude can be expected to recur. For example, the probability of a twenty-five-year storm occurring in any one given year is 0.04 (i.e., a 4% chance).
RIPARIAN BUFFER
A permanent vegetated area bordering surface waters, that serves as a protective filter to help protect streams and wetlands from impacts of adjacent land uses.
RISER
A vertical structure extending from the bottom of a pond that is used to control the discharge rate from the pond for a specified design storm.
ROOFTOP DETENTION
Temporary ponding and gradual release of stormwater falling directly onto flat roof surfaces by incorporating controlled-flow roof drains into building designs.
RUNOFF
Any part of precipitation that flows over the land surface.
RUNOFF CAPTURE VOLUME
The volume of runoff that is captured (retained) and not released into surface waters of the commonwealth during or after a storm event.
SEDIMENT
Soils or other erodible materials transported by stormwater as a product of erosion.
SEDIMENT BASIN
An impoundment being used to remove sediment from stormwater runoff.
SEDIMENT POLLUTION
The placement, discharge, or any other introduction of sediment into the waters of the commonwealth occurring from the failure to design, construct, implement, or maintain control measures and control facilities in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
SEDIMENTATION
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or deposited by the movement of air or water.
SEEPAGE PIT/SEEPAGE TRENCH
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar course material, into which water is directed for infiltration into the ground.
SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) primarily used for collecting and conveying stormwater runoff.
SHALLOW CONCENTRATED FLOW
Runoff pattern following sheet flow, prior to open channel flow.
SHEET FLOW
Runoff flow that occurs overland in places where there are no defined channels, the flood water spreads out over a large area at a uniform depth. This also referred to as overland flow.
SITE IMPROVEMENTS
Physical additions or changes to the land that may be necessary to provide usable and desirable lots, including, but not limited to, utilities, streets, curbing, sidewalks, streetlights and stormwater facilities.
SLOPE
Deviation of any surface from horizontal. For engineering purposes, slopes are usually expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
SOIL COVER COMPLEX METHOD
A method of runoff computation developed by the NRCS that is based on relating soil type and land use/cover to a runoff parameter called Curve Number (CN).
SOIL STABILIZATION
The chemical or structural treatment of a mass of soil to increase or maintain its stability or otherwise to improve its engineering properties.
SPILLWAY (EMERGENCY)
A depression in the embankment of a pond or basin, or other overflow structure, that is used to pass peak discharges greater than the maximum design storm controlled by the pond or basin.
STABILIZATION
The proper placing, grading, constructing, reinforcing, lining and covering of soil, rock or earth to ensure its resistance to erosion, sliding or other movement.
STATE WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
The regulatory requirements to protect, maintain, reclaim, and restore water quality under Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code and the Clean Streams Law, including, but not limited to:
A. 
Each stream segment in Pennsylvania has a "designated use," such as "cold water fishery" or "potable water supply," which is listed in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93. These uses must be protected and maintained, under state regulations.
B. 
"Existing uses" are those attained as of November 1975, regardless whether they have been designated in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93. Earth disturbance activities must be designed to protect and maintain existing uses and maintain the level of water quality necessary to protect those uses in all streams, and to protect and maintain water quality in special protection streams.
C. 
Water quality involves the chemical, biological, and physical characteristics of surface water bodies. After earth disturbance activities are complete, these characteristics can be impacted by addition of pollutants such as sediment, and changes in habitat through increased flow volumes and/or rates as a result of changes in land surface area from those activities. Therefore, permanent discharges to surface waters must be managed to protect the stream bank, stream bed, and structural integrity of the waterway, to prevent these impacts.
D. 
Protection and maintenance of water quality in special protection streams pursuant to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93.
STORAGE INDICATION METHOD
A reservoir routing procedure based on solution of the continuity equation (inflow minus outflow equals the change in storage) with outflow defined as a function of storage volume and depth.
STORM FREQUENCY
The number of times that a given storm "event" occurs or is exceeded on the average in a stated period of years.
STORM SEWER
A system of pipes and/or open channels that convey intercepted runoff and stormwater from other sources, but excludes domestic sewage and industrial wastes.
STORMWATER
Runoff from precipitation, snowmelt, surface runoff and drainage.
STORMWATER DETENTION
Any storm drainage technique that retards or detains runoff, such as detention or retention basins, parking lot storage, rooftop storage, porous pavement, dry wells or any combination thereof.
STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN
A vegetated pond designed to drain completely after storing runoff only for a given storm event and release it at a predetermined rate; also known as a "dry pond."
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The control of runoff to allow water falling on a given site to be absorbed or retained on site to the extent that after development the peak rate discharge leaving the site does not exceed the allowable rate based on conditions prior to development.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (SWM) SITE PLAN
The plan prepared by a qualified professional indicating how stormwater runoff will be managed at the particular site of interest according to this chapter.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
A watershed or sub-watershed area for which separate stormwater management regulations or criteria have been established.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES (SWM BMPS)
A system designed to handle stormwater runoff, and where required, delay the peak discharge long enough to minimize the potential for downstream flooding. Any structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition, design, or construction; conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are not limited to; detention basins, wet ponds, open channels, storm sewers, pipes and infiltration facilities.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
A plan for managing stormwater runoff on a watershed-wide basis, in accordance with the guidelines of Act 167, the Pennsylvania Storm Water Management Act, 32 P.S. § 680.1 et seq.
STREAM
A watercourse. A channel or conveyance of surface water having defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow.
STREAM BANK STABILIZATION
A collection of vegetative and/or mechanical means for stabilizing stream banks to minimize, prevent or abate degradation.
STREAM ENCLOSURE
A bridge, culvert, or other structure in excess of 100 feet in length upstream to downstream, which encloses regulated waters of the commonwealth.
SUB-WATERSHED AREA
The smallest drainage unit of a watershed for which stormwater management criteria has been established.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition of the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access, or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUPERVISORS
The governing body of East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
SURFACE WATERS
Perennial and intermittent streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, wetlands, springs, natural seeps and estuaries, excluding water in facilities approved for wastewater treatment such as wastewater treatment impoundments, cooling water ponds and constructed wetlands used as part of a wastewater treatment process.
SWALE
A low-lying stretch of land that gathers or carries surface water runoff. A watercourse without defined bed and bank.
TIME OF CONCENTRATION (TC)
The time for surface water runoff to travel from the hydraulically most distant point of the watershed to a point of interest within the watershed. This time is the combined total of overland flow time and flow time in pipes or channels, if any.
TOPOGRAPHY
A general term that includes the characteristics of the ground surface such as hills, plains, mountains, degree of relief, steepness of slope and physiographic features. The configuration of a surface area showing relative elevations.
TOPSOIL
Acceptable friable loam that is free of subsoil, clay lumps, brush, roots, weeds, other objectionable vegetation, stones, other foreign material larger than two inches in any dimension, litter, and/or other material unsuitable or harmful to plant growth.
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Any lot which has not been graded or in any other manner prepared for the construction of a building.
USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture.
VEGETATIVE COVER
Such cover shall consist of trees, shrubs, flowers, grass or similar natural cover.
WATER POLLUTION
The addition of pollutants to water in concentrations or in sufficient quantities to result in measurable degradation of water quality.
WATER QUALITY VOLUME
The total volume of water runoff that is required to be collected and treated for water quality control by direction to BMP facilities.
WATER TABLE
The upper surface of groundwater, or that level below which the soil is seasonally saturated with water.
WATERCOURSE
A channel or conveyance of surface water, having defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Rivers, streams, creeks, rivulets, impoundments, ditches, watercourses, storm sewers, lakes, dammed water, wetlands, ponds, springs and other bodies or channels of conveyance of surface and underground water, or parts thereof, whether natural or artificial, within or on the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
WATERSHED
Region or area drained by a river, watercourse, or other surface water, whether natural or artificial. Also synonymous with "sub-watershed" and "drainage area" referring to local drainage area of interest for site specific calculations.
WETLAND
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. (The term includes, but is not limited to, wetland areas listed in the State Water Plan, the United States Forest Service Wetlands Inventory of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Plan and a wetland area designated by a river basin commission. Wetlands include all lands regulated as wetlands by PA Department of Environmental Protection or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In the event there is a conflict between the definitions of these agencies, the more restrictive definition applies.)
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.