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<br />operated by a local government that discharges to waters of the United States or connects
<br />to other MS4s, that is designated solely for collecting or conveying stormwater, and that
<br />is not part of a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) as defined by 40 CFR 122.2 or
<br />any amendment thereto.
<br />P. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) — The
<br />federal program for issuing, modifying, revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring and
<br />enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under Sections
<br />307, 402, 318, and 405 of the CWA.
<br />Q. PERSON — Any individual, partnership, firm, organization, corporation, association or
<br />other legal entity, whether singular or plural, as the context may require.
<br />R. POINT SOURCE — Any discernible and confined conveyance, including but not limited
<br />to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, container, rolling stocks, concentrated
<br />animal feeding operation, vessel, or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may
<br />be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture.
<br />S. POLLUTANT — Means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
<br />backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munition, chemical wastes, biological
<br />materials, radioactive, materials (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Acto of
<br />1954, as amended (42(U.S.C. 2011 et. seq.)), heat wrecked or discharged equipment,
<br />rock, sand and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
<br />T. STORMWATER — Surface runoff and drainage of water resulting from rainfall.
<br />U. WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES (U.S.) — As defined by the U.S. Environmental
<br />Protection Agency (USEPA) in Title 40, Section 122 of the Code of Federal Regulations
<br />or any amendments thereto.
<br />ARTICLE 3 — CONTROL OF STORMWATER DISCHARGES
<br />SECTION 3-1. STORMWATER DISCHARGES TO THE S4 AND U.S. WATERS:
<br />3-1.1 Discharges to the City's MS4 shall be controlled to the extent that such discharge will not
<br />impair the operation of the MS4 or contribute to the failure of the MS4 to meet any local
<br />state or federal requirements. Discharges to waters of the U.S. shall be controlled to the
<br />extent that the discharge will not adversely impact the quality or beneficial uses of the
<br />receiving water or result in violation of ay federal, state or local laws.
<br />3-1.2 Any person responsible for discharges determined by the City to be contributing to the
<br />degradation or impairment of the City's MS4 or to waters of the U.S., either directly or
<br />through an MS4, shall provide corrective measures in accordance with a schedule
<br />approved by the City and may be subject to paying fines and damages.
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