2870 24 Amending and Supplementing Chapter 25 Section 29 of the Township of West Orange Municipal Code Stormwater Mgmt RedLined 2

6 proposed measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design and performance standards established by this chapter. “Node” means an area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form. “Nutrient” means a chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms. “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, political subdivision of this State and any state, interstate or Federal agency. “Pollutant” means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)), thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. “Pollutant” includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants. "Public roadway or railroad" means a pathway for use by motor vehicles or trains that is intended for public use and is constructed by, or on behalf of, a public transportation entity. A public roadway or railroad does not include a roadway or railroad constructed as part of a private development, regardless of whether the roadway or railroad is ultimately to be dedicated to and/or maintained by a governmental entity. “Public transportation entity” means a Federal, State, county, or municipal government, an independent State authority, or a statutorily authorized public-private partnership program pursuant to P.L. 2018, c. 90 (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-52 et seq.), that performs a public roadway or railroad project that includes new construction, expansion, reconstruction, or improvement of a public roadway or railroad. “Recharge” means the amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired. “Regulated impervious surface” means any of the following, alone or in combination: 1. A net increase of impervious surface; 2. The total area of impervious surface collected by a new

evapotranspired. “Regulated impervious surface” means any of the following, alone or in combination: 1. A net increase of impervious surface; 2. The total area of impervious surface collected by a new stormwater conveyance system (for the purpose of this definition, a “new stormwater conveyance system” is a stormwater conveyance system that is constructed where one did not exist immediately prior to its construction or an existing system for which a new discharge location is created); 3. The total area of impervious surface proposed to be newly collected by an existing stormwater conveyance system; and/or