§ 20-82. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall be defined as follows:

Best management practices (BMP) means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to the municipal storm drain system. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from outdoor storage areas.

Clean Water Act means the federal Water Pollution Control Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.

Director means the public works director.

Illegal discharge means any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the municipal storm drain system except as exempted in section 20-85 of this article.

Illicit connection means an illicit connection is defined as either of the following: Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface that allows an illegal discharge to enter the municipal storm drain system including but not limited to any conveyances that allow any nonstormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the municipal storm drain system and any connection to the municipal storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by the Parish of Webster or any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the municipal storm drain system that has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the Parish of Webster.

Municipal Storm Drain System (MS4) means all or part of the publicly owned and maintained roads, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, storm drains, and dry wells located within public easements, right-of-way, parks, common areas, retention areas, or other publicly owned or maintained real property designed or used for collection, holding, or conveying stormwater.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge permit means a permit issued by the EPA (or by a state under the authority delegated pursuant to 33 USC § 1342 (b)) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group or general area-wide basis.

Parish shall mean the Webster Parish Police Jury, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

Person means any individual, municipality, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, the United States Government and any agent or subdivision thereof, or any other juridical person which shall include, but is not limited to, trust, joint stock companies, associations, the State of Louisiana, political subdivisions of the state, commissions, and interstate bodies.

Pollutant shall have the same meaning as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 122.2, and includes but is not limited to any solid, liquid, gas, or other substance that can alter the physical or chemical properties of water including, but not limited to fertilizers, solvents, sludge, petroleum byproducts, solid waste, garbage, biological materials, radioactive materials, sand, dirt, animal waste, acids, and bases.

Premises means any building, lot, parcel, real estate, or land or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking lots.

State shall mean the State of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Stormwater means any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.

Wastewater means any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated stormwater, discharged from a facility.

(Ord. No. 992, § 2, 1-5-2010)