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<br />1.The ordinary high water level is an elevation delineating the highest water level that has been
<br />maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly the
<br />point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly
<br />terrestrial;
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<br />2.For watercourses, the ordinary high water level is the elevation of the top of the bank of the
<br />channel; and
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<br />3.For reservoirs and flowages, the ordinary high water level is the operating elevation of the
<br />normal summer pool.
<br />The term "ordinary high water mark" is further defined in Minnesota Rule 6120.2500, subpart 11. The
<br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' area hydrologist determines ordinary high water marks.
<br />Owner means the person or party possessing the title of the land on which the construction activities will
<br />occur; or if the construction activity is for a lease, easement, or mineral rights license holder, the party or
<br />individual identified as the lease, easement or mineral rights license holder; or the contracting government
<br />agency responsible for the construction activity.
<br />Paved surface
<br /> means a constructed hard, smooth surface made of asphalt, concrete or other
<br />pavement material. Examples include, but are not limited to, roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots.
<br />Permanent cover
<br /> means "final stabilization." Examples include grass, gravel, asphalt, and concrete.
<br />See also the definition of "final stabilization."
<br />Receiving waters means the water where the discharge goes.
<br />Pollutant means anything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not
<br />limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; non-hazardous liquid and solid
<br />wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects,
<br />ordinances, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides,
<br />herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens;
<br />dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a
<br />building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
<br />Public waters means all water basins and watercourses that are described in Minn. Stat. 103G.005 subd. 15.
<br />Receiving waters means creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater formations, or other bodies of
<br />water into which surface water, treated waste, or untreated waste are discharged.
<br />Sanitary waste facility
<br /> means all property, real or personal, including negative and positive
<br />easements and water and air rights, which is or may be needed or useful for the processing or disposal of
<br />waste, except property for the collection of the waste and property used primarily for the manufacture of
<br />scrap metal or paper. Waste facility includes but is not limited to transfer stations, processing facilities,
<br />and disposal sites and facilities.
<br />Sediment
<br /> means the product of an erosion process; solid material both mineral and organic, that is in
<br />suspension, is being transported, or has been moved by water, wind, or ice, and has come to rest on the
<br />earth's surface either above or below water level.
<br />Sedimentation
<br />means the process or action of depositing sediment.
<br />Sediment control
<br />means the methods employed to prevent sediment from leaving the development
<br />site. Sediment control practices include silt fences, sediment traps, earth dikes, drainage swales, check
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