§43.0302 Definitions
For purposes of this Division, defined terms appear in italics. The following definitions apply in this Division:
Best management practices (BMPs) means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce to the maximum extent practicable the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to receiving waters. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, and drainage from raw materials storage.
Employee training program means a documented curriculum that an employer may be required to implement pursuant to a storm water pollution prevention plan for the purpose of educating its employees on methods of reducing the discharge of pollutants to the MS4.
Enforcement agency means the City of San Diego or its authorized agents charged with ensuring compliance with this Division.
Enforcement official means the City Manager or his designee or any agent of the City authorized to enforce compliance with this Division.
General storm water NPDES permit means any NPDES permit issued by the State Water Resources Control Board in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 122.28.
Groundwater means subsurface water that occurs beneath the water table in soils and geologic formations that are fully saturated.
Illicit connection means any man-made physical connection to the MS4 that conveys an illicit discharge.
Illicit discharge means any discharge to the MS4 that is not composed entirely of storm water, except discharges allowed under an NPDES permit and discharges conditionally allowed under the MS4 permit, as set forth in San Diego Municipal Code section 43.0305. Illicit discharge includes irrigation runoff discharged to the MS4.
Jurisdictional runoff management program means a written description of the specific runoff management measures and programs, including BMPs, that the City will implement to comply with the MS4 permit and ensure that storm water pollutant discharges in runoff are reduced to the maximum extent practicable and do not cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards. Amendments to the jurisdictional runoff management program shall be approved by the City Manager. A copy of the currently applicable jurisdictional runoff management program is kept on file with the City Clerk.
Maximum extent practicable means the technology-based standard established by Congress in Clean Water Act section 402(p)(3)(B)(iii) for storm water that operators of MS4s must meet. Maximum extent practicable generally emphasizes pollution prevention and source control BMPs primarily in combination with treatment methods serving as a backup.
Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) means a conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains): (i) owned or operated by the City; (ii) designated or used for collecting or conveying storm water; (iii) which is not a combined sewer; and (iv) which is not part of the Publicly Owned Treatment Works as defined at 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 122.26.
Municipal separate storm sewer system permit (MS4 permit) means Regional Water Quality Control Board Order No. R9-2013-0001, NPDES No. CAS0109266, as may be amended or replaced by a subsequent order.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (NPDES permit) means a permit issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board or the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to Division 7 of the California Water Code to control discharges from point sources to receiving waters.
Non-storm water discharge means any discharge to or from the MS4 that is not entirely composed of storm water, including illicit discharges and discharges allowed under an NPDES permit.
Notice of violation has the same meaning as in San Diego Municipal Code section 11.0210.
Pollutant means any agent introduced to the MS4 that may cause or contribute to the degradation of water quality such that public health, the environment, or beneficial uses of receiving waters may be affected. Pollutants include solid waste, sewage, garbage, medical waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, radioactive materials, dredged spoil, rock, sand, industrial waste, any organic or inorganic contaminant, fecal coliform, fecal streptococcus, enterococcus, volatile organic surfactants, oil and grease, petroleum hydrocarbons, total organic lead, copper, chromium, cadmium, silver, nickel, zinc, cyanides, phenols, and biocides.
Premises means any building, lot parcel, land or portion of land whether improved or unimproved.
Public nuisance has the same meaning as in San Diego Municipal Code section 11.0210.
Receiving waters means waters of the United States, as defined under the Clean Water Act. Receiving waters include surface bodies of water that serve as discharge points for the MS4, such as creeks, rivers, reservoirs, lakes, lagoons, estuaries, harbors, bays and the Pacific Ocean.
Regional Water Quality Control Board means the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region.
Responsible person has the same meaning as in San Diego Municipal Code section 11.0210.
Storm water means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage resulting from precipitation events.
Storm water pollution prevention plan means a document that describes the BMPs to be implemented by the owner or operator to eliminate or reduce to the maximum extent practicable discharges of pollutants to the MS4.
(Amended 9-10-2001 by O–18975 N.S.)
(Amended 7-16-2015 by O-20516 N.S.; effective 8-15-2015.)
