§ 21.03. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter 21:

A.

"Basin plan" means a water quality control plan for a specific watershed area or areas adopted by a regional board.

B.

"Best management practice ("BMP")" means stormwater and runoff pollution control practices designed to reduce the pollutants contained in discharges to a District storm drain and/or receiving waters.

C.

"Chief Engineer" shall mean the Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

D.

"Clean Water Act" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. section 1251, et seq.).

E.

"Code of Federal Regulations" means the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.

F.

"Commercial activity" means any public or private activity not defined as an industrial activity in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 122.26(b)(14)) involving the storage, transportation, distribution, exchange or sale of goods and/or commodities or the provision of professional and/or nonprofessional services. Commercial activity does not mean a dwelling as defined in Title 26 of the Los Angeles County Code.

G.

"County" means the County of Los Angeles.

H.

"Discharge" means any release, spill, leak, pumping, flow, escape, dumping, or disposal of any gas, liquid, semi-solid, or solid substance.

I.

"Discharger" means any person who discharges, allows a discharge or causes a discharge.

J.

"District" means the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

K.

"District storm drain" means any conduit, natural or artificial drain, channel or watercourse, and/or other facility or any combination thereof, that is owned and/or operated by the District and used for the purpose of collecting, storing, transporting, and/or disposing of runoff.

L.

"Hazardous material" means any material defined as hazardous by Division 20, Chapter 6.95 of the California Health and Safety Code or any substance designated pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 302. This also includes any unlisted hazardous substance which is a solid waste, as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 261.2, which is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 261.4(b), or is a hazardous substance under section 101(14) of the Clean Water Act, if it exhibits any of the characteristics identified in 40 Code of Federal Regulations sections 261.20 through 261.24.

M.

"Hazardous waste" means a hazardous material which is to be discharged, discarded, recycled, and/or reprocessed.

N.

"Illicit connection" means any human-made conveyance that is connected to any District storm drain without a permit issued by the Chief Engineer, excluding roof drains which convey only stormwater.

O.

"Illicit discharge" means any discharge to any District storm drain that is prohibited by this Code or by any other local, State, or federal statutes, ordinances, codes, or regulations.

P.

"Industrial activity" means any public or private activity which is in any of the eleven (11) categories of activities defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 122.26(b)(14) and which requires a NPDES permit.

Q.

"Industrial/commercial facility" means any public or private facility involved and/or used in either the production, manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution, exchange, or sale of goods and/or commodities, and any facility involved and/or used in providing professional and nonprofessional services. This category of facility includes, but is not limited to, any facility defined by either the Standard Industrial Classifications ("SIC") or the North American Industry Classification System ("NAICS").

R.

"National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit" means a permit issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board or a California Regional Water Quality Control Board pursuant to the Clean Water Act that authorizes discharges to waters of the United States.

S.

"Non-stormwater discharge" means any discharge that is not composed entirely of stormwater.

T.

"North American Industry Classification System ("NAICS")" means a classification pursuant to the current edition of the United States North American Industry Classification System Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget, and as the same may be periodically revised.

U.

"Person" means an individual, or any legal entity including an unincorporated association, firm, partnership, public or private corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, municipality, political subdivision, or government agency, and the heirs, successors, assigns, agents, officers, owners, majority stockholders, general partners, joint venturers, members, executors, administrators and trustees of any such person or entity.

V.

"Permittee" means a person to whom a permit is issued by the Chief Engineer.

W.

"Pollutant" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 502(6) of the Clean Water Act and as incorporated into California Water Code section 13373. Pollutants include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.

Commercial and industrial waste (such as fuels, solvents, chemicals, detergents, plastic pellets, hazardous materials or substances, hazardous wastes, fertilizers, pesticides, soot, slag, ash, and sludge);

2.

Metals (such as cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, silver, nickel, chromium, and arsenic) and nonmetals (such as carbon, chlorine, fluorine, phosphorous, and sulfur);

3.

Petroleum hydrocarbons (such as fuels, oils, lubricants, surfactants, waste oils, solvents, coolants, and grease);

4.

Eroded soils, sediment, and particulate materials in amounts which may adversely affect the beneficial use of the receiving waters, flora, or fauna of the State;

5.

Animal wastes (such as discharges from confinement facilities, kennels, pens, recreational facilities, stables, and show facilities);

6.

Substances having acidic or corrosive characteristics such as a pH of less than six or greater than nine; and

7.

Substances having unusual coloration or turbidity, levels of fecal coliform, fecal streptococcus, or enterococcus, which may adversely affect any existing or potential use of receiving waters as defined in a basin plan, or the flora or fauna of the State.

X.

"Porter-Cologne Act" means the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, California Water Code section 13000, et seq.

Y.

"Receiving waters" means all surface water bodies within the County that are identified by a regional board in a basin plan.

Z.

"Regional board" means a California Regional Water Quality Control Board.

AA.

"Runoff" means any stormwater or non-stormwater discharge from any surface and/or drainage area that reaches any District storm drain.

BB.

"Standard Industrial Classification ("SIC")" means a classification pursuant to the current edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget, and as the same may be periodically revised.

CC.

"State board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.

DD.

"Stormwater" means any water which originates from atmospheric moisture (rainfall or snowmelt) and falls onto land, water, and/or other surfaces.

EE.

"Stormwater pollution prevention plan ("SWPPP")" means a plan required by and for which the contents are specified in a NPDES permit.

FF.

"Uncontrolled discharge" means any discharge, intentional or accidental, occurring in such a manner that the discharger is unable to determine or regulate the quantity, quality, or effects of the discharge.

GG.

"U.S. EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

HH.

"Water quality standard" means an applicable water quality standard adopted pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended, or an applicable water quality objective adopted pursuant to the Porter-Cologne Act.

(Ord. 2013-0034 § 2, 2013.)