Current through November 25, 2024
Section NR 103.07 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) "Expansion activities of existing cranberry operations" means expansions of existing cranberry beds, "squaring-off" of existing cranberry beds, construction of new cranberry beds adjacent to existing beds, rehabilitation of abandoned beds, construction of dikes for subdivision of an existing reservoir, and the construction or extension of dikes for reservoir expansion. (1m) "Mitigation project" means the restoration, enhancement or creation of wetlands to compensate for adverse impacts to other wetlands. "Mitigation project" includes using credits from a wetland mitigation bank.(2) "Practicable alternatives" means available and capable of being implemented after taking into consideration cost, available technology and logistics in light of overall project purposes.(3) "Water dependency" or "wetland dependency" means the activity is of a nature that requires location in or adjacent to surface waters or wetlands to fulfill its basic purpose.(4) "Wetland mitigation bank" means a system of accounting for wetland loss and compensation that includes one or more sites where wetlands are restored, enhanced or created to provide transferable credits to be subsequently applied to compensate for adverse impacts to other wetlands.(5) "Working day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and holidays designated under s. 230.35(4) (a), Stats.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 103.07
Cr. Register, July, 1991, No. 427, eff. 8-1-91; cr. (1) and renum. (1) and (2) to be (2) and (3), Register, May, 1998, No. 509, eff. 6-1-98; CR 00-164: cr. (1m), (4), and (5), Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02.