Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 13 > Article 18 - Water Pollution Control

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• construction activities: include clearing, grading, and excavating. See Indiana Code 13-18-27-2
• construction plan: means a written plan that:

  Indiana Code 13-18-27-3

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• erosion: means the detachment and movement of soil, sediment, or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity. See Indiana Code 13-18-27-4
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• general permit: refers to the general permit issued by the commissioner or the department in accordance with Indiana Code 13-18-27-6
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• large construction activity site: means :

  Indiana Code 13-18-27-7

• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• over the counter drug: means a personal care product that contains a label that:

  Indiana Code 13-18-24-1

• personal care product: means :

  Indiana Code 13-18-24-2

• plastic: means a synthetic material made from linking monomers through a chemical reaction to create an organic polymer chain that may be molded or extruded at high heat into various solid forms that retain the defined shapes of the solid forms:

  Indiana Code 13-18-24-3

• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• project site owner: means the person required to comply with 327 IAC 15-5, the general permit, or the applicable ordinance of an MS4 community with respect to a construction project. See Indiana Code 13-18-27-9
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• review authority: means either of the following:

  Indiana Code 13-18-27-10

• sedimentation: means the settling and accumulation of unconsolidated sediment carried by storm water runoff. See Indiana Code 13-18-27-11
• small construction activity site: means :

  Indiana Code 13-18-27-12

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• trained individual: means an individual who is trained and experienced in the principles of storm water management, including erosion and sediment control, as demonstrated by:

  Indiana Code 13-18-27-13

• transient noncommunity water system: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 13-18-11-1
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• very small construction activity site: means a site at which construction activities result in land disturbance of less than one (1) acre. See Indiana Code 13-18-27-14
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5