Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 2 - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 57 - FISHERIES › Subchapter L - AQUATIC VEGETATION MANAGEMENT › Section 57.930 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise. All other words and terms in this subchapter shall have
					 the meanings assigned in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Canal--an artificial waterway used for
				  the transportation of water for agricultural and/or industrial purposes but for
				  no other purpose.
(2) EPA--the
				  United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(3) Governing entity--the state agency or
				  other political subdivision with jurisdiction over a public body of surface
				  water.
(4) Floating aquatic
				  vegetation--A plant species that occurs on the surface of a lake or pond
				  without attachment by roots to the soil at the bottom of the waterbody or
				  free-floating mats of fragments of ordinarily rooted species of vegetation that
				  have become dislodged through natural processes such as flooding.
(5) Integrated pest management--the
				  coordinated use of pest and environmental information and pest control methods
				  to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and
				  in a manner that will cause the least possible hazard to persons, property, and
				  the environment. Integrated pest management includes consideration of
				  ecological, biological, chemical, and mechanical strategies for control of
				  nuisance aquatic vegetation.
(6)
				  Licensed Applicator--a person who holds a valid license for aquatic herbicide
				  application from the Texas Department of Agriculture.
(7) Local plan--a local aquatic vegetation
				  management plan authorized by Parks and Wildlife Code, §
										11.083
				  and meeting the requirements in §
										57.933
				  of this title (relating to Adoption and Applicability of Local Aquatic
				  Vegetation Plans) and §
										57.934
				  of this title (relating to Local Aquatic Vegetation Plan).
(8) MCL--maximum contaminant level.
(9) NPDES--National Pollutant Discharge
				  Elimination System. The NPDES Permit Program is administered by EPA under the
				  Clean Water Act.
(10) Nuisance
				  aquatic vegetation--any non-native or native vascular plant species that is
				  determined, in consideration of TPWD guidance, to have the potential to
				  substantially interfere with the uses of a public body of surface
				  water.
(11) Public body of surface
				  water--any body of surface water that is not used exclusively for an
				  agricultural purpose. The term does not include impounded water on private
				  property or water being transported in a canal.
(12) Public drinking water provider--any
				  person who owns or operates a system for the provision to the public of water
				  for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if such
				  system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least
				  twenty-five individuals at least 60 days out of the year.
(13) State plan--the state aquatic vegetation
				  management plan authorized by Parks and Wildlife Code, §
										11.082,
				  and described in §
										57.931
				  of this title (relating to State Aquatic Vegetation Plan Applicability) and
				  §
										57.932
				  of this title (relating to State Aquatic Vegetation Plan).
(14) TCEQ--Texas Commission on Environmental
				  Quality.
(15) TDA--the Texas
				  Department of Agriculture.
(16)
				  TPWD--the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
(17) Treatment proposal--a submission to TPWD
				  on a TPWD-approved form that describes intended measures to control nuisance
				  aquatic vegetation.
(18) Water
				  district--a conservation and reclamation district or an authority created under
				  authority of Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI,
				  Texas Constitution, that has jurisdiction over a public body of surface water.
				  The term does not include a navigation district or a port authority.