Section 250-RICR-110-00-4.3 - DefinitionsA. For the purposes of these regulations, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Advisory committee" means the Natural Heritage Preservation Commission Advisory Committee, a committee authorized to advise the Natural Heritage Preservation Commission on natural heritage matters as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-82-2.2. "Commission" means the Natural Heritage Preservation Commission, a commission defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §§42-17-5.4 and 42-17-5.5.3. "Conservation commission" means a commission as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 35-45.4. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.5. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management as described in R.I. Gen. Laws §42-17.1.1.6. "Ecological value" means those values that promote and enhance the biological diversity of the State.7. "Environmental non-profit agency" means a group or organization formed pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-6-1 et. seq. or which otherwise qualifies as a tax exempt public charity under the Internal Revenue Service Code 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), whose purpose is the protection and conservation of natural resources as defined in its articles of incorporation.8. "Land trust" means organizations incorporated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-6-1, or organizations meeting the definition of "charitable trust" set out in R.I. Gen. Laws §18 - 9-4; or organizations duly existing as private non-profit organizations in other states or the District of Columbia among whose purposes is the preservation of open space, as the term is defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-36-1. Further, all organizations must have been granted preliminary status as a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Revenue Service Code 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) and its regulations, as they now exist or may hereafter be amended.9. "Municipal agency" means one or more units of municipal government whose purpose includes the preservation of open space, acquisition of recreation land or development of recreation land; said unit(s) having the operational capability and legal authority to effectuate this purpose.10. "Native American tribes" means Native American tribes, bands, nations or other organized group which exercises governmental functions and which is recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Native Americans because of their status.11. "Open space" means undeveloped land that has natural, ecological or scenic value.12. "Watershed council" means an organization recognized by the Rhode Island Rivers Council, responsible for advancing the purposes of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 46-28 and implementing the Rivers Policy and Classification Plan adopted as RI State Guide Plan Element 162.13. As used in these Rules and Regulations, all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-110-00-4.3