Section 25-4-003 - DefinitionsIn addition to the terms listed below, the definition of terms found in the Buffer Strip Act shall apply to such terms when found in these regulations:
003.01 ACT shall mean the Buffer Strip Act003.02 ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.003.03 CREP shall mean the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program as established under 16 U.S.C. 3801 et. seq.003.04 CRP shall mean the Conservation Reserve Program as established under 16 U.S.C. 3801 et. seq.003.05 CRP SOIL RENTAL RATE shall mean the soil rental rates established by the Farm Service Agency.003.06 NRD shall mean the Natural Resources District which covers the area where the buffer strip application is located.003.07 PERENNIAL STREAM shall mean solid blue line drains on USGS quadrangle maps.003.08 PERMANENT BODY OF WATER shall mean any surface water body with a permanent pool of water eight out of ten years.003.09 PRIORITY WATERSHED shall mean an eight-digit hydrologic unit code watershed identified as a Category 1 Watershed in the Nebraska Unified Watershed Assessment, which by this reference is made a part of these regulations.003.10 SEASONAL STREAM shall mean an intermittent stream that flows only during a certain climatic season excluding gullies or sod waterways. Seasonal streams may be based on any of the following criteria: 003.10A Streams with perennial flow that are not solid blue lines on United States Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangle maps;003.10B Three dot blue lines on USGS quadrangle maps. If the stream has been moved, the present location is the eligible site. If the channel or flow area is no longer present because of manipulation such as land leveling or filling, this criterion cannot be used; or,003.10C Areas of concentrated flow with a bed and bank and with either a scoured bottom or hydrophytic vegetation.003.11 WETLANDS shall mean areas capable of reducing damages by sedimentation and associated pollutants that meet one of the following categories: 003.11A Permanently Flooded - water covers the land surface throughout the year in all years;003.11B Intermittently Exposed - surface water is present throughout the year except in years of extreme drought;003.11C Semipermanently Flooded - surface water is present throughout the growing season in most years; or,003.11D Seasonally Flooded - surface water is present for extended periods of not less that 21 consecutive calendar days especially early in the growing season, but is absent by the end of the growing season in most years.25 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 003