Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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6115.0170 MINNESOTA RULES 14 heating or cooling and includes accompanying hoses or lines connecting the energy exchange components. Subp. 10. Excavation. "Excavation" means the displacement or removal of the sediment or other materials from the beds of public waters by means of hydraulic suction or mechanical operations. Subp. 11. Fill. "Fill" means any material placed or intended to be placed on the bed or bank of any public water. Subp. 12. Filter. "Filter" means a transitional layer of gravel, small stone, or fabric between the fine material of an embankment and riprap shore protection materials. Subp. 13. Floating structure. "Floating structure" means any structure, except for boathouses, watercraft, and seaplanes, that is supported entirely by its own buoyancy and can be removed from public waters before winter freeze-up by skidding intact or by disassembly with hand tools. Subp. 14. Floodplain. "Floodplain" means the areas adjoining a watercourse which has been or hereafter may be covered by the regional flood. Subp. 15. Floodway. "Floodway" means the channel of the watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplains which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the regional flood. Subp. 16. Harbor. "Harbor" means either an inland or offshore area protected from waves which is intended for the mooring of watercraft. Subp. 16a. Houseboat. "Houseboat" means a motorboat that has either a pontoon or a flat-bottomed hull configuration and a permanent enclosed superstructure that houses, at a minimum, built-in sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities. Subp. 16b. Ice ridge. "Ice ridge" means a linear mound of lakebed materials pushed up onto the lakeshore by the action of ice. Subp. 17. Inland boat slip. "Inland boat slip" means an inland excavation generally having a uniform width which serves as a protective area for launching and mooring of a single watercraft. Subp. 18. Inland excavation. "Inland excavation" means any excavation intended to extend the cross-section of public waters landward of the natural or preexisting shoreline. Subp. 18a. Local government unit. "Local government unit" has the meaning given in part 8420.0111, subpart 38. Subp. 18b. Local origin. "Local origin" means a source for live plant materials and their propagules that is limited to areas of the same region where the plant materials are proposed to be planted, not to exceed 200 miles from where the plant materials are proposed to be planted. Subp. 19. Low-water ford type crossing. "Low-water ford type crossing" means a stream crossing which conforms to the natural cross-section of the stream and utilizes the placement of a suitable substrate to allow vehicular passage without confining the stream flow within culverts or other hydraulic enclosures. Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.