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DESIGN MANUAL - The New York Stale Sior111water Management Design Manual (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation), most recent version or its successor, including applicable updates, which serves as the official guide for stormwater management principles, methods and practices. DEVELOPER - A person who unde1takes land development activities. EROSION CONTROL MANUAL- The New York Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control (Empire State Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2004), most current version or its successor, commonly known as the "Blue Book." GRADING - Excavation or fill of material, including the resulting conditions thereof. IMPERVIOUS COVER - Those surfaces, improvements and structures that cannot effectively infiltrate rainfall, snow melt and water (e.g., building rooftops, pavement, sidewalks, driveways, etc.). INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER PERMIT - a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit issued to a commercial industry or group of industries which regulates the pollutant levels associated with industrial stormwater discharges or specifies on-site pollution control strategies. INFILTRATION -The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil. JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND - An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and dmation sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as "hydrophytic vegetation." LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY - Construction activity including clearing, grading, excavating, soil disturbance or placement of fill that results in land disturbance of equal to or greater than one acre, or activities distmbing less than one acre of total land area that is part of a larger common plan of development or sale [Ed itor's Note: There may be text missing here; perhaps the phrase "and/or" or "or."] disturbing one acre or more in the aggregate, even though multiple separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules. LANDOWNER - The legal or beneficial owner of land, including those holding the right to pmchase or lease the land, or any other person holding proprietaiy rights in the land. MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT - A legally recorded document that acts as a property deed restriction, and which provides for long-term maintenance of stormwater management practices. NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION - Pollution from any source other than from any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyances, and shall include, but not be limited to, pollutants from agricultural, silvicultural, mining, construction, subsurface disposal and urban runoff sources. PHASING - Clearing a parcel of land in distinct pieces or parts, with the stabilization of each piece completed before the clearing of the next. 2 37