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(24) Drain - A buried slotted or perforated pipe or other conduit (subsurface drain) or a ditch (open drain) for carrying off surplus groundwater or surface water. (25) Drainage - The collection, conveyance, or discharge of ground water and/or surface water. (26) Drainage Facilities - All ditches, channels, conduits, retention-detention systems, tiles, swales, sewers, and other natural or artificial means of draining stormwater from land. (27) Drainageway - The area within which surface water or ground water is carried from one part of a lot or parcel to another part of the lot or parcel or to adjacent land. (28) Easement - An authorization grant by a property owner for the use by another of any designated part of his property for a clearly specified purpose including but not limited to common pedestrian ways and hiking and biking paths. (29) Engineer - A person licensed to practice engineering in the State of Indiana. (30) EPA - The United States Environmental Protection Agency. (31) Erosion - The process by which the ground surface is worn away by action of wind, water, gravity or a combination thereof. (32) Erosion and Sediment Control Plan - A plan that is designed to minimize the accelerated erosion and sediment runoff at a site during construction activities. (33) Farm Operation - Means any of the following activities involved in carrying on a farm business: (a) growing, producing, raising or keeping animals or plants, including mushrooms, or the primary products of those plants or animals; (b) clearing, draining, irrigating or cultivating land; (c) using farm machinery, equipment, devices, materials and structures; (d) applying fertilizers, manure, pesticides and biological control agents, including by ground and aerial spraying; (e) conducting any other agricultural activity on, in or over agricultural land; and includes (f) intensively cultivating in plantations, any (i) specialty wood crops, or MOORESVILLE STORMW ATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE 9