It is the intent of the Department that these definitions and procedures are to be used to preserve and promote the public safety, health and welfare, protect public and private property, wildlife, fresh water fisheries, and irreplaceable wild, scenic and recreational river resources. An amendment shall not include a correction as defined in 302 CMR 3.02 Correction . Assessed Owner means the person or persons to whom land within the river corridor was assessed in the last preceding annual tax levy.
Classification means the classification of rivers and streams within the river corridor.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Management. Correction means any minor change in the location of the river corridor boundary on a plan, the substitution or deletion of any name or names from the list of assessed owners adopted as part of any Order, or any typographical, grammatical or other correction which does not change the sense or meaning of any Order. Department means the Department of Environmental Management. Dredging means the removal of materials including, but not limited to, rock, bottom sediment, debris, loam, peat, soil, sand, refuse, plant or animal matter, in any excavating, grading, cleaning, deepening, widening or lengthening, either permanently or temporarily, of any land within the river corridor. Dredging shall include improvement dredging, maintenance dredging, backfilling or other dredging and subsequent refilling.