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*DRAFT#4* OCTOBER 21, 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
<br /> SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
<br /> For the purposes of this by-law, the following shall mean:
<br /> AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY: The Mashpee Department of Public Works (hereafter the DPW),
<br /> its employees or agents designated to enforce this by-law.
<br /> BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP): An activity, procedure, restraint, or structural improvement that
<br /> helps to reduce the quantity or improve the quality of stormwater runoff.
<br /> CLEAN WATER ACT: The Federal (Nater Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) as hereafter
<br /> amended.
<br /> DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS: The addition from any source of any pollutant or combination of pollutants
<br /> into the municipal storm drain system or into the waters of the`United States or Commonwealth from
<br /> any source.
<br /> GROUNDWATER: Water beneath the surface of the ground.
<br /> ILLICIT CONNECTION: A surface or subsurface drain or.conveyance, which allows an illicit discharge into
<br /> the municipal storm drain system, including without limitation sewage, process wastewater, or wash
<br /> water and any connections from indoor drains, sinks, or toilets regardless of whether said connection
<br /> was previously allowed, permitted, or approved.before the effective date of this by-law [or ordinance]
<br /> ILLICIT DISCHARGE: Direct or indirect discharge to the municipal storm drain system that is not composed
<br /> entirely of stormwater, except as.,exempted in.Section 7 .The term`,does not include a discharge in
<br /> compliance with an NPD.ES Storm Water Discharge: Permit ora. Surface Water Discharge Permit, or
<br /> resulting from firefighting activities exempted pursuant to Section 7, subsection 4, of this by-law.
<br /> IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: Any material or structure on or above the ground that prevents water infiltrating
<br /> the underlying soil. Impervious surface includes without limitation roads, paved parking lots, sidewalks,
<br /> and rooftops.
<br /> MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM.(MS4) or MUNICIPAL STORM DRAIN SYSTEM: The system
<br /> of conveyances designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater, including any road with a
<br /> drainage system, street, gutter, curb, inlet, piped storm drain, pumping facility, retention or detention
<br /> basin, natural or man-made...or altered drainage channel, reservoir, and other drainage structure that
<br /> together comprise the storm.`d.rainage system owned or operated.by the Town of Mashpee.
<br /> NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT:
<br /> A permit issued by United States Environmental Protection Agency or jointly with the State that
<br /> authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States.
<br /> NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGE: Discharge to the municipal storm drain system not composed entirely
<br /> of stormwater.
<br /> PERSON: An individual, partnership, association, firm, company, trust, corporation, agency, authority,
<br /> department or political subdivision of the Commonwealth or the federal government, to the extent
<br /> permitted by law, and any officer, employee, or agent of such person.
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