In this Chapter
14:2 the following words have the meanings indicated:
ADVERSE IMPACT
Any deleterious effect on waters or wetlands, including an
effect on their quality, quantity, surface area, species composition,
aesthetics, or usefulness for human or natural uses that:
A.
Is or may potentially be harmful or injurious
to human health, welfare, safety, or property, or to biological productivity,
diversity, or stability; or
B.
Unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of
life or property, including outdoor recreation.
AGRICULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
A.
Those methods and procedures used in cultivating
land to further crop and livestock production and conservation of
related soil and water resources.
B.
"Agricultural land management practices" does
not include logging and timber removal operations.
APPLICANT
Any person 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 that removes the vegetative ground cover.
DEVELOPER
A.
A person:
(1)
Who undertakes any or all the activities covered by this Chapter
14:2; or
(2)
For whose benefit any or all of the activities covered by this Chapter
14:2 are commenced or carried on.
B.
"Developer" does not include a general contractor
or subcontractor who does not have a proprietary interest in a project.
DRAINAGE AREA
That area contributing runoff to a single point measured
in a horizontal plane, which is enclosed by a ridgeline.
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
An erosion and sediment control strategy or plan:
A.
To minimize erosion and prevent off-site sedimentation
by:
(1)
Containing sediment on-site; or
(2)
Passing sediment laden runoff through a sediment
control measure.
B.
Prepared and approved in accordance with the specific requirements of the Soil Conservation Service and this Chapter
14:2; and
C.
Designed in accordance with the Standards and
Specifications.
EXEMPTION
Those land development activities that are not subject to the erosion and sediment control requirements contained in this Chapter
14:2.
GRADE
A.
To cause disturbance of the earth.
B.
Includes but is not limited to any excavating,
filling, stockpiling of earth materials, grubbing, root mat or topsoil
disturbance, or any combination of these activities.
PERMIT HOLDER
Any person to whom a building or grading permit has been
issued.
PERSON
Includes:
C.
Any County, municipal corporation, or other
political subdivision of the state, or any of their units;
D.
An individual, receiver, trustee, guardian,
executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind;
E.
Any partnership, firm, association, public or
private corporation, or any of their affiliates; or
RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL
Any foreman, superintendent, or project engineer who is in
charge of on-site clearing and grading operations or sediment control
associated with earth changes or disturbances.
SEDIMENT
Soils or other surficial materials transported or deposited
by the action of wind, water, ice, gravity, or other artificial means.
SITE
Any tract, lot, or parcel of land or combination of tracts,
lots, or parcels of land:
A.
That are in one ownership, or are contiguous
and in diverse ownership; and
B.
Where development is to be performed as part
of a unit, subdivision, or project.
STABILIZATION
The prevention of soil movement by any of various vegetative
or structural means.
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
The 1991 Maryland Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion
and Sediment Control or any subsequent revisions.
VARIANCE
Modification of the criteria set forth in the Standards and
Specifications.
WATERCOURSE
A.
Any natural or artificial stream, river, creek,
ditch, channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine,
or wash.
B.
Includes any adjacent area that is subject to
inundation by reason of overflow of floodwater.
WATERSHED
The total drainage area contributing runoff to a single point.
WETLANDS
Any area that has saturated soils or periodic high groundwater
levels and vegetation adapted to wet conditions and periodic flooding.