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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 Pollutant shall mean 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, groundwaters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. Pollutant shall mean and include both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants. Recharge shall mean the amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired. Sediment shall mean solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion. Site shall mean the lot or lots upon which a major development is to occur or has occurred. Soil shall mean all unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin. State Development and Redevelopment Plan Metropolitan Planning Area (PA1) shall mean an area delineated on the State Plan Policy Map and adopted by the State Planning Commission that is intended to be the focus for much of the State's future redevelopment and revitalization efforts. State Plan Policy Map is defined as the geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan's goals and statewide policies, and the official map of these goals and policies. Stormwater shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities. Stormwater runoff shall mean water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation. Stormwater management basin shall mean an excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management basin may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed

asin may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands). Stormwater management measure shall mean any structural or nonstructural strategy, practice, technology, process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal non-stormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances. Tidal Flood Hazard Area shall mean a flood hazard area, which may be influenced by stormwater runoff from inland areas, but which is primarily caused by the Atlantic Ocean. Urban Coordinating Council Empowerment Neighborhood shall mean a neighborhood given priority access to State resources through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. Urban Enterprise Zones shall mean a zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60 et seq. Urban Redevelopment Area is defined as previously developed portions of areas: 160