Idaho Admin. Code r. 20.03.05.010

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 20.03.05.010 - DEFINITIONS
01.Board. The Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners or its designee.
02.Commercial. The type of operation that engages in the removal of salable minerals or uses suction dredges with an intake diameter larger than five inches (5") or attendant power sources rated at greater than fifteen (15) horsepower and/or other motorized equipment.
03.Department. The Idaho Department of Lands.
04.Director. The Director of the Idaho Department of Lands or his designee.
05.Natural or Ordinary High Water Mark. The line that the water impresses upon the soil by covering it for sufficient periods of time to deprive the soil of its vegetation and destroy its value for agricultural purposes. When the soil, configuration of the surface, or vegetation has been altered by human activity, the natural or ordinary high water mark will be located where it would have been if this alteration had not occurred.
06.Person. An individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or other legal entity qualified to do business in the state of Idaho, and any federal, state, county, or local unit of government.
07.River Mile. Five thousand two hundred eighty (5,280) feet of contiguous riverbed as measured along the approximate center of the river.
08.State-Owned Navigable Waterways and Navigable Waterways. As used in these rules, the beds of all navigable rivers and lakes up to the natural or ordinary high water mark as of the date Idaho was admitted into statehood. This includes any such bed that was formerly submerged and subsequently filled, and is now uplands because of human activity (e.g., dikes, berms, jetties) or by natural processes, and includes islands within navigable waterways resulting from human activity or by natural processes.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 20.03.05.010

Effective July 1, 2024