As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
ILLICIT CONNECTION. Any unlawful connection which allows the discharge of non-stormwater to the stormwater conveyance system or waters of the state in violation of this chapter.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any unlawful disposal, placement, emptying, dumping, spillage, leakage, pumping, pouring, emission, or other discharge of any substance other than stormwater into a stormwater conveyance, the waters of the state, or upon the land in such proximity to the same, such that the substance is likely to reach a stormwater conveyance or the waters of the state.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). A stormwater conveyance or unified stormwater conveyance system (including without limitation: roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, stormwater detention facilities, curbs, gutters, ditches, natural or man-made channels, or storm drains), that:
(1) Is located within the corporate limits of Clayton, North Carolina; and
(2) Is owned or operated by the state, county, the town, or other public body; and
(3) Discharges to waters of the state, excluding publicly owned treatment works, and lawful connections thereto, which in turn discharge into the waters of the state.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM. A permitting system established pursuant to § 402 of the Clean Water Act et seq.
POLLUTION. Man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, thermal, and/or radiological integrity of water.
STORMWATER. Any flow resulting from, and occurring during or following, any form of natural precipitation.
STORMWATER CONVEYANCE OR STORMWATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM. Any feature, natural or man-made, that collects and transports stormwater, including but not limited to roads with drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made and natural channels, pipes, culverts, and storm drains, and any other natural or man-made feature or structure designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater.
WATERS OF THE STATE. Surface waters within or flowing through the boundaries of the state including the following: any intermittent or perennial stream, river, creek, brook, swamp, lake, sound, tidal estuary, bay, reservoir, wetland, or any other surface water or any portion thereof that is mapped as solid or dashed blue lines on United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic maps. Treatment systems, consisting of man-made bodies of water, which were not originally created in waters of the state and which are not the result of impoundment of waters of the state, are not waters of the state.
(Ord. 2020-07-01, passed 7-20-2020)
Federal law reference:
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits, 33 USC § 1342