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Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System 61/1S4) means the system of conveyances, includinm sidewalks, municipal streets, driveways, curb & gutter, ditches, channels, retention basins, catch basins or similar storm water inlets, and/or any other conveyance deliverinm water to the public storm sewer collection and delivery system. MS4 Permit means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) permit issued to the City of Ramsey for monitoring and maintaining water quality in its MS4. The Environmental Protection A2encv (EPA) has promulgated the National Pollution Discharne Elimination System (NPDES). Phase II storm water rules. The MPCA has delegated the responsibility to administer the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, Phase II storm water permit system to MS4 communities. NOI means Notice of Intent. Notice of Intent (NOI) means a written notice to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency that the City plans on meeting the MS4 permit requirements. Point Source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to. any pipe. ditch. channel tunnel. conduit. well. discrete fissure. container. rolling stock. concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water runoff. Pollution means the alteration of the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of, or the contamination of. any Waters of the State or the MS4. that renders the water harmful. detrimental. or iniurious to humans. animal life. vegetation. or property. or to the public health. safety, or welfare, or impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable purpose. Release means any spilling, leaking, pumpin, pourin, emitting, emptyin, discharin, iniectin, escapin, leachinm, dumpin, or disposing into groundwater, subsurface soils, surface soils. the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) or the Waters of the State. Storm Water Pollution Control Plan (also known as Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan) means a joint stormwater and erosion and sediment plan that is a document containing the requirements of Article II, Division 6, Subdivision II of this Chapter, that when implemented will decrease soil erosion on a parcel of land and off -site nonpoint pollution. SWPPP means storm water pollution prevention plan. Section 117-386 is hereby amended as follows (additions indicated as underline, deletions indicated as strike through: Sec. 117-386. — General Policy on Stormwater Runoff Volume and Rates Control. For rivort streams stormwater discharge rates must not increase over the predevelopment ten yam- pnd 100 year peak storm discharge rates, based on the last ten years of how that-ra 7-,-az wed. Also accelerated channel amvrm neat not occur ava result of tho pxpoged activity. r'or atJra v:o urn control is geno 'ry nre important.