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137 <br />6115.1510 DEFINITIONS. <br />MINNESOTA RULES 6115.1510 <br />Subpart 1. Scope. The terms used in parts 6115.1500 to 6115.1550 have the meanings given <br />in this part. <br />Subp. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources or <br />the commissioner's designated representative. <br />Subp. 3. Department. "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. <br />Subp. 4. Drainage. "Drainage" means any method for removing or diverting waters from <br />wetlands. The methods include, but are not limited to, excavating an open ditch, installing subsurface <br />drainage tile, filling, diking, or pumping. <br />Subp. 5. Drainage authority. "Drainage authority" has the meaning given under Minnesota <br />Statutes, section 103E.005, subdivision 9. <br />Subp. 6. Drainage project. "Drainage project" means a new drainage system, an improvement <br />of a drainage system, an improvement of an outlet, a lateral, a repair, or a redetermination of benefits <br />involving state-owned lands in consolidated conservation areas administered under Minnesota <br />Statutes, chapter 84A, where: <br />A. the drainage authority will make assessments to state-owned lands; or <br />B. the commissioner will be asked or must consider whether to participate in the project <br />through assessments or a lump sum, by joining the petition, by consent, or by approval. <br />Subp. 7. Drainage system. "Drainage system" has the meaning given under Minnesota Statutes, <br />section 103E.005, subdivision 12. <br />Subp. 8. Improvement. "Improvement" means the tiling, enlarging, extending, straightening, <br />or deepening of an established and constructed drainage system, including construction of ditches <br />to reline or replace tile and construction of tile to replace a ditch. <br />Subp. 9. Lateral. "Lateral" has the meaning given under Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.005, <br />subdivision 15. <br />Subp. 10. Public waters. "Public waters" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />103G.005, subdivision 15. <br />Subp. 11. Public waters wetlands. "Public waters wetlands" has the meaning given in <br />Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15a. <br />Subp. 12. Repair. "Repair" means to restore all or a part of a drainage system as nearly as <br />practicable to the same condition as originally constructed and subsequently improved, including <br />resloping of ditches and leveling waste banks if necessary to prevent further deterioration, <br />realignment to original construction if necessary to restore the effectiveness of the drainage system, <br />and routine operations that may be required to remove obstructions and maintain the efficiency of <br />the drainage system. "Repair" also includes: <br />Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />