02 NCAC 59G .0102. DEFINITIONS

When used in this Subchapter:

(1)           "Best Management Practice" (BMP) means a structural or nonstructural management practice used singularly or in combination to reduce nonpoint source inputs to receiving waters.

(2)           "Certified Animal Waste Management Plan" means the animal waste management plan certified by a technical specialist as required in the EMC Nondischarge Rule for Animal Waste Management Systems (15A NCAC 02H .0217).

(3)           "Commission" means the Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

(4)           "Department" means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

(5)           "EMC" means the Environmental Management Commission.

(6)           "NCCES" means the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

(7)           "NRCS" means the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.  

(8)           "Nutrient management" means a BMP for managing the amount, source, placement, form and timing of nutrients to ensure adequate fertility for plant production and to minimize the potential for water quality impairment.

(9)           "Technical Specialist" means an individual designated by the Commission to certify that the planning, design and implementation of BMPs are to the standards and specifications of the Commission or NRCS.

(10)         "Technical specialist designation category" means a designation specific to any of several individual or groups of BMPs.

(11)         "Water management" means a BMP for control of water levels in the soil profile, including but not limited to, the use of flashboard risers or other similar structures placed in drainage ditches to benefit crop water needs and reduce nutrient loss.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106-840; 139-4;

Temporary Adoption Eff. October 22, 2001;

Eff. April 1, 2003;

Transferred from 15A NCAC 06H .0102 Eff. May 1, 2012.