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.Department - means the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural <br />Resources. <br /> <br />Development Services Department - means the County Development Services <br />Department or its successor in interest charged with the responsibility for <br />regulation and enforcement of the Ordinance. <br /> <br />Director - means the Director of the Division of Land Resources of the <br />Department of Environment and Natural Resources. <br /> <br />Discharge Point - means that point at which runoff leaves a Tract. <br /> <br />District - means the Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District (also <br />referred to as the "SWCD") created pursuant to Chapter 139 of the North <br />Carolina Statutes. <br /> <br />Energy Dissipater - means a structure or a shaped channel section with <br />mechanical armoring placed at the outlet of pipes or conduits to receive and <br />break down the energy from high Velocity flow. <br /> <br />Erosion - means the wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, <br />gravity, or any combination thereof. <br /> <br />Ground Cover - means any natural vegetative growth or other material which <br />renders the soil surface stable against Accelerated Erosion. <br /> <br />High Quality Waters - means those classified as such in 15A NC 2B.0101(e)(5) <br />- General Procedures, which is incorporated herein by reference to include <br />further amendments. <br /> <br />Lake or Natural Watercourse - means any stream, river, brook, swamp, creek, <br />run, branch, and any reservoir, lake or pond, natural or impounded, in which <br />Sediment may be moved or carried in suspension, and which could be damaged <br />by accumulation of Sediment. <br /> <br />Land-Disturbing Activity - means any use of the land by any Person in <br />residential, industrial, educational, institutional, or commercial development, <br />highways and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the <br />natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to Sedimentation. <br /> <br />Local Government - means any county, village, town, or city, or any <br />combination of counties, villages, towns and cities acting through a joint <br />program with the'County pursuant to the provisions of the Act. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />