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370.032  Definitions; ss. 370.032-370.038.--The following words, terms, and phrases when used in ss. 370.032-370.038 shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1)  "Person" means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(2)  "Dredge or fill equipment" means any dredge, sand pump, sand sucker, or similar device, having an intake capacity of 4 inches or more, and any dragline excavator, crane, power shovel, backhoe, or similar device, having a bucket or clamshell capacity in excess of 2 yards, and shall include all such devices regardless of how mounted or powered.

(3)  "Dredge or fill activities" means any use of dredge or fill equipment for the purpose of removing soil, rock, or other solid material from beneath the surface of any body of water, of creating a body of water of any size whatsoever, or of placing or depositing any such material upon submerged bottom lands of any body of water.

(4)  "Body of water" means all freshwater lakes and ponds having a surface area in excess of 10 acres and all oceans, gulfs, bays, bayous, lagoons, rivers and streams, and all other submerged lands.

(5)  "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.

History.--s. 2, ch. 70-442; s. 204, ch. 94-356.