Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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15 MINNESOTA RULES 6115.0170 Subp. 20. Marina. "Marina" means either an inland or offshore commercial mooring facility for the concentrated mooring of seven or more watercraft or seaplanes wherein commercial ancillary services common to marinas are provided. Subp. 21. Maximum. "Maximum," with respect to storage capacity, refers to the most severe design condition, including surcharge (floodwater storage). Subp. 22. Mining activity. "Mining activity" means the construction, reconstruction, repair, relocation, expansion, or removal of any facility for the extraction, stockpiling, storage, disposal, or reclamation of metallic or nonmetallic minerals. Facilities include all mine pits, quarries, stockpiles, tailings basins, and any structures which drain or divert public waters to allow mining. Ancillary facilities such as access roads, bridges, culverts, and water level control structures are not mining activities. Subp. 23. Mooring. "Mooring" means any containment of free-floating watercraft that provides a fixed fastening for the craft. Subp. 23a. Mooring facility. "Mooring facility" means a concentrated area intended solely for the mooring or containment of seven or more watercraft or seaplanes by docks, mooring buoys, or other means. Subp. 23b. Native plants. "Native plants" means indigenous plant species growing in an ecological classification system province or a major watershed in Minnesota prior to European settlement. Subp. 24. Offshore. "Offshore" means the area waterward of the ordinary high water level of a public water. Subp. 25. Ordinary high water level. "Ordinary high water level" means the boundary of public waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 14. Subp. 26. [Repealed, 27 SR 529] Subp. 26a. Permit. "Permit" means a public waters work permit required under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.245. Subp. 27. Port. "Port" means a water transportation complex established and operated under the jurisdiction of a port authority pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 458. Subp. 28. Port facility. "Port facility" means any facility useful in the maintenance and operation of a port. Facilities include, but are not limited to, transportation facilities, terminal and storage facilities, floating and handling equipment, power stations, and other facilities necessary for the maintenance and operation of a port. Subp. 29. Principal spillway. "Principal spillway" means a spillway designed to convey water from an impoundment at release rates established for the structure. Subp. 30. Professional engineer. "Professional engineer" means an engineer registered to practice in Minnesota. Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.