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EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL § 10-1 <br /> CHAPTER 10 <br /> EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL <br /> Article 1. General Provisions. <br /> Section 10-1. Definitions. <br /> (a) Wherever used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning <br /> indicated: <br /> (1) "Designated historic and archaeological sites" means those sites listed with the <br /> County general plan or the Hawai`i register of historic places. <br /> (2) "Engineer" means a professional engineer (civil or structural) registered in the <br /> State of Hawaii. <br /> (3) "Engineer's soils report" means a report on soils conditions prepared by an <br /> engineer experienced in the practice of soil mechanics and foundations <br /> engineering. <br /> (4) "Erosion" means the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of action <br /> by wind and/or water. <br /> (5) "Excavation," "cut" or "borrow" means any act by which soil, sand, gravel, rock <br /> or any similar material is cut into, dug, uncovered, removed, displaced, <br /> relocated or bulldozed. State land use commission and County zoning and <br /> other agencies' regulations on shoreline improvements are made a part hereof <br /> by reference. <br /> (6) "Fill" means any act by which soil, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is <br /> deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported, or moved to a new <br /> location. State land use commission and County zoning and other agencies' <br /> regulations on shoreline improvements are made a part hereof by reference. <br /> (7) "Grading" means any excavation or fill or any combination thereof. <br /> (8) "Grubbing" means any act by which vegetation, including trees, timber, <br /> shrubbery and plants, is removed, dislodged, uprooted or cleared from the <br /> surface of the ground. <br /> (9) "Land surveyor" means a person duly registered as a professional land <br /> surveyor in the State. <br /> (10) "Overburden" means a soil material overlaying another geologic formation. <br /> (11) "Permittee" means the person or party to whom the permit is issued and shall <br /> include but not be limited to the property owner, his lessee, developer, agent, <br /> or attorney in fact. <br /> (12) "Plasticity" means the property of a soil which allows it to be deformed beyond <br /> the point of recovery without cracking or appreciable volume change. <br /> (13) "Sedimentation" means the deposition of erosional debris-soil sediment <br /> displaced by erosion and transported by water from a high elevation to an area <br /> of lower gradient where sediments are deposited as a result of slack water. <br /> 10-1 <br />