BFE – Base Flood Elevation
BMP – Best Management Practice
CFS – Cubic Feet Per Second
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIRM – Flood Insurance Rate Map
FIS – Flood Insurance Study
FPG – Flood Protection Grade
FPS – Feet Per Second
IAC – Indiana Administrative Code
IDEM – Indiana Department of Environmental Management
IDNR – Indiana Department of Natural Resources
INDOT – Indiana Department of Transportation.
LCSO – Lake County Surveyor's Office
MCM – Minimum Control Measure
MS4 – Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
NAVD – North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NFIP – National Flood Insurance Program
NRCS – USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
NPDES – National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NOI – Notice of Intent, permit application filed with IDEM under provisions of 327 IAC 15-5 and 15-13
NOT – Notice of Termination, certification that all permit provisions have been successfully completed
NOV – Notice of Violation, notice to permittee that provisions of permit have not been satisfied
SFHA – Special Flood Hazard Area
SWCD – Soil and Water Conservation District
SWPPP – Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWQMP – Stormwater Quality Management Plan
Tc – Time of Concentration
USCS – Unified Soil Classification System
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USFWS – United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(Ord. No. 1708, 6-13-07)