Ohio Revised Code Title LXI. Water Supply Sanitation Ditches § 6111.311

(A) “Area of mitigation” or “AMIT” means the area of mitigation, as calculated using the formula specified in division (A) of section 6111.313 of the Revised Code, expressed in feet squared.

(B) Area of the streamway or “ASW” means the area of the streamway, expressed in feet squared.

(C) “DA” means drainage area, expressed in square miles.

(D) “Eight-digit hydrologic unit,” “enhancement,” “in-lieu fee mitigation,” “mitigation,” “mitigation bank service area,” “restoration,” “wetlands,” and “wetland mitigation bank” have the same meanings as in section 6111.02 of the Revised Code.

(E) “LV” means the valley length of stream, expressed in feet.

(F) “Permanent impact” means any impact that is not a temporary impact.

(G) “Temporary impact” means an impact to an ephemeral feature that is a water of the state and to which all of the following apply:

(H) “Volume of mitigation” or “VMIT” means the volume of mitigation, as calculated using the formula specified in division (A) of section 6111.313 of the Revised Code, expressed in cubic feet.

(I) “Water quality volume” or “WQV” means the surface area divided by the drawdown depth.

(J) “Width of a streamway” or “WSW” means the width of the streamway, expressed in feet, and calculated as 147 x DA^0.38.