Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 110 - Planning and Development › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Rhode Island Natural Heritage Preservation Commission (250-RICR-110-00-4) › Section 250-RICR-110-00-4.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. 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.