North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 60 - DIVISION OF FOREST RESOURCES › Subchapter C - FOREST PRACTICES GUIDELINES RELATED TO WATER QUALITY › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 60C .0102 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
In addition to the terms defined in
					 G.S.
					 113A-52, the following definitions shall
					 apply throughout this Subchapter:
(1)
				  "Accelerated Erosion" means any increase over the rate of natural erosion, as a
				  result of land-disturbing activities.
(2) "Access Road" means a temporary or
				  permanent access route upon which wheeled vehicles are intended to operate with
				  repeated passes.
(3) "Adverse
				  Impact" as used for pesticides and fertilizers means actions that result in a
				  violation of water quality rules of the Environmental Management Commission
				  Sections 15A NCAC 02B .0200 -
				  Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to Surface Waters of
				  North Carolina,
				  15A NCAC
				  02L .0200 - Classifications and Water Quality
				  Standards (related to groundwater) and the N.C. Pesticide Board Rule
				  02 NCAC
				  09L .1005 - Restricted Areas, which are
				  incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments, and may be accessed
				  free of charge at
http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac.asp
.
(4) "Best Management Practice" (BMP) means a
				  practice, or combination of practices, that is determined to be an effective
				  and practicable (including technological, economic, and institutional
				  considerations) means of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution
				  generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals.
				  The Best Management Practices may be found in the North Carolina Forestry Best
				  Management Practices Manual to Protect Water Quality and is incorporated by
				  reference including subsequent amendments and may be accessed free of charge at
http://ncforestservice.gov/water_quality/bmp_manual.htm
.
(5) "Channel" means a natural water-carrying
				  trough cut vertically into low areas of the land surface by erosive action of
				  concentrated flowing water, a ditch, or canal excavated for the flow of
				  water.
(6) "Colloidal Particles"
				  means fine grained materials, organic or inorganic, that are suspended such as
				  clay particles.
(7) "Ground Cover"
				  means any natural vegetative growth, or other natural or manmade material that
				  renders the soil surface stable against accelerated erosion.
(8) "Groundwater" means phreatic water or
				  subsurface water in the zone of saturation.
(9) "Land-Disturbing Activity" means the same
				  as defined in
				  G.S.
				  113A-52.
(10) "Log Deck" means a place where harvested
				  trees or logs are gathered or staged in or near the forest for handling,
				  sorting, merchandizing, temporary storage, or further transport.
(11) "Mill Site" means any place where forest
				  products are stored, altered, or processed.
(12) "Permanently Stabilized" means the site
				  is protected to the state at which no further accelerated erosion is expected
				  to occur from the forestry-related, land-disturbing activities.
(13) "Pesticides" means a chemical used to
				  kill pests. The term includes insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and
				  rodenticides.
(14) "Site
				  Preparation" means a forest activity to prepare the site for
				  reforestation.
(15) "Skid Trail"
				  means a temporary pathway used to drag or transport felled trees or logs or
				  other woody material to a log deck or portable mill site.
(16) "Stream" means a body of concentrated
				  flowing water in a natural low area of the land surface.
(a) "Ephemeral stream" means a stream that
				  flows only during and for short periods following precipitation and flows in
				  low areas that may or may not have a well-defined channel.
(b) "Intermittent stream" means a stream that
				  flows only during wet periods of the year (30-90 percent of the time) and flows
				  in a continuous well-defined channel.
(c) "Perennial stream" means a stream that
				  flows throughout a majority of the year (greater than 90 percent of the time)
				  and flows in a well-defined channel.