{"id":236,"date":"2024-01-16T18:45:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:45:58","slug":"conservation-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/conservation-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BMP<\/strong>: Best Management Practices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CGP<\/strong>: Construction General Permit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EC<\/strong>: Environmental Control<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NPDES<\/strong>: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SWPPP<\/strong>: StormWater Pollution Prevention Plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tier 2<\/strong>: Listed as \u201cHigh Quality Waters\u201d, and all wetlands that are not designated as an Outstanding Resource Water. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tier 2.5<\/strong>: Listed as \u201cOutstanding Resource Water\u201d, \u201cPublic Water Supply\u201d, \u201cTributary to Public Water Supply\u201d, all wetlands bordering Outstanding Resource Waters, and vernal pools. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tier 3<\/strong>: Defined as \u201cSpecial Resource Water\u201d. Note: No waters have been<br>identified as a Special Resource Water as of the issuance of this<br>permit. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMP: Best Management Practices CGP: Construction General Permit EC: Environmental Control NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System SWPPP: StormWater Pollution Prevention Plan Tier 2: Listed as \u201cHigh Quality Waters\u201d, and all wetlands that are not designated as an Outstanding Resource Water. (https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2022-01\/2022-cgp_tier-3-tier-2-and-tier-2.5-waters.pdf) Tier 2.5: Listed as \u201cOutstanding Resource Water\u201d, \u201cPublic Water Supply\u201d, \u201cTributary to Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massconservation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}