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<br />TNRCC means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. <br /> <br />TNRCC Edwards Aquifer rules means the TNRCC rules for the Edwards Aquifer, 30 TAC <br />Chapter 213, Subchapter A, as amended. <br /> <br />TNRCC BMP guidance manual means TNRCC document RG-348, "Complying with the <br />Edwards Aquifer Rules: Technical Guidance on Best Management Practices". <br /> <br />Transition zone means the area adjoining the recharge zone where faults, fractures, or other <br />geologic features or manmade features would present a possible avenue for recharge of surface <br />water to the Edwards Aquifer. The transition zone is identified as such on official TNRCC <br />maps. <br /> <br />Upland zone means any area located outside of a critical water quality zone and a buffer zone <br />water quality transition zone. <br /> <br />Water qualitv zone means an area of land along a minor waterway, intermediate waterway or <br />maior waterway in which development is prohibited or limited. <br /> <br />Water quality transition zone means an area adjacent to a critical water quality zone along a <br />minor, intermediate or major waterway that provides a buffer of limited development next to the <br />critical "vater quality zone. The water quality transition zone is intended as an area of limited <br />disturbance for the placement of utilities and low intensity development. The water quality <br />transition zone is measured from the edge of the critical water quality zone as mapped on a <br />topographic survey of a property. <br /> <br />Terms not defined in this section which are defined in chapter 110 will have the meanings <br />assigned in that chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. <br /> <br />Sec. 94.504. Applicability; exemptions. <br /> <br />(a) This article applies to any development on land in the recharge zone or in the transition <br />zone, other than exempt activities, within the city limits or within the city's extraterritorial <br />jurisdiction as defined under state law. <br /> <br />(b) If a part of a site on which a development regulated activity is to be conducted is in the <br />recharge zone according to official TNRCC maps, the exact boundaries of the recharge zone on <br />the site will be determined by an on-site inspection performed by a qualified geologist. <br /> <br />(c) The following activities are exempt from the requirement for an aquifer protection plan <br />under this article: <br /> <br />(1) clearing of vegetation that does not involve soil disturbance or result in soil erosion, <br />including clearing needed for surveying and site assessment activities; <br /> <br />C:\TEMP\Edwards Regulations revision tinal.doc <br /> <br />9 <br />