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BEsT MANAGEMENT PRACTICEs HANDbooK - Tahoe BMP

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Infiltration FacilityA device used to percolate runoff into the soil, including without limitation, arock filled trench or basin.Inorganic MulchSoil protection materials that are noncombustible such as gravel or rock.Invasive PlantA plant has the ability to thrive and spread aggressively outside its naturalrange.JettyOn open Shorezones, a structure extending into a body of water, which isdesigned to prevent shoaling or sedimentation of a channel by littoral materialsand to direct and confine the stream or current flow. Jetties are built at themouths of rivers or tidal inlets to help deepen and stabilize the depth of thechannel for navigational purposes.Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control BoardCalifornia regulatory agency responsible for the protection of water quality onthe California side of the Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Region.Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Interagency Monitoring Program (LTIMP)A centralized forum for the Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Region monitoring, research, anddesign communities to present results, share innovative ideas, and discuss issuesrelevant to water quality with the goal of informing regulatory, management,and planning activities.Land Capability(See Bailey Land Capability System.)Land Coverage1) A man-made structure, improvement or covering, either created beforeFebruary 10, 1972 or created after February 10, 1972 pursuant to eitherTRPA Ordinance No. 4, as amended, or other TRPA approval, thatprevents normal precipitation from directly reaching the surface of the landunderlying the structure, improvement or covering. Such structures,improvements and coverings include but are not limited to roofs, decks,surfaces that are paved with asphalt, concrete or stone, roads, streets,sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts, patios; and2) Lands so used before February 10, 1972, for such uses as for the parking ofcars and heavy and repeated pedestrian traffic that the soil is compacted toas to prevent substantial infiltration. A structure, improvement, orcovering shall not be considered as land coverage if it permits as least 75percent of normal precipitation directly to reach the ground and permitsgrowth of vegetation on the approved species list.GlossaryTRPA <strong>BMP</strong> HandbookPage 8 2012

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