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pollution of surface waters and groundwater systems that are privately owned and controlled and may be protected by trademark or patent or copyright. Board means the State Water Control Board. Causeway means a temporary structural span constructed across a flowing watercourse or wetland to allow construction traffic to access the area without causing erosion damage. Channel means a natural stream or manmade waterway. Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act means Article 2.5 (§ 62.1-44.15:67 et seq.) of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia. Chesapeake Bay preservation area means any land designated by a local government pursuant to Part III (9VAC25-830-70 et seq.) of the Chesapeake Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations and Code of Virginia, § 62.1-44.15:74. A Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area shall consist of a Resource Protection Area and a Resource Management Area as defined in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations (9VAC25-830). Clean Water Act means the federal Clean Water Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.), formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92- 500, as amended by Public Law 95-217, Public Law 95-576, Public Law 96-483, and Public Law 97-117, or any subsequent revisions thereto. Cofferdam means a watertight temporary structure in a river, lake, etc., for keeping the water from an enclosed area that has been pumped dry so that bridge foundations, dams, etc., may be constructed. Common plan of development or sale means a contiguous area where separate and distinct construction activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules. Comprehensive stormwater management plan means a plan, which may be integrated with other land use plans or regulations that specifies how the water quality components, quantity components, or both of stormwater are to be managed on the basis of an entire watershed or a portion thereof. Construction activity means any clearing, grading, or excavation associated with large construction activity or associated with small construction activity. Contiguous zone means the entire zone established by the United States under Article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (37 FR 11906). Control measure means any BMP, stormwater facility, or other method used to minimize the discharge of pollutants to state waters. CWA means the Clean Water Act. CWA and regulations means the Clean Water Act and applicable regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this chapter, it includes state program requirements. Dam means a barrier to confine or raise water for storage or diversion, to create a hydraulic head, to prevent gully erosion, or to retain rock, soil, or other debris. Denuded means a term applied to land that has been physically disturbed and no longer supports vegetative cover. Department means the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Development means land disturbance and the resulting landform associated with the construction of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreation, transportation, or utility facilities or structures or the Page 2 of 27