(L) means a research area designated as an ‘Estuarine sanctuary’ estuarine sanctuary by the Secretary of Commerce. (M) means any water and wetland areas ‘Marine sanctuary’ designated as a marine sanctuary by the Secretary of Commerce. (N) means the construction, ‘Minor development activities’ maintenance, repair or alteration of any private piers or erosion control structure, the construction of which does not involve dredge activities. (O) means the removal or displacement by any ‘Dredging’ means of soil, sand, gravel, shells or other material, whether of intrinsic value or not, from any critical area. (P) means either the displacement of saline waters by ‘Filling’ the depositing into critical areas of soil, sand, gravel, shells or other material or the artificial alteration of water levels or water currents by physical structure, drainage ditches or otherwise. (Q) means those river, creek and ocean ‘Submerged lands’ bottoms lying below mean lowwater mark. (R) means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, ‘Oil’ regardless of specific gravity, that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. (S) means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons ‘Gas’ not hereinabove defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. (T) means gas and oil. ‘Fuel’ (U) means any unusual incident resulting from ‘Emergency’ natural or unnatural causes which endanger the health, safety or resources of the residents of the State, including damages or erosion to any beach or shore resulting from a hurricane, storm or other such violent disturbance. (V) means the South Carolina Department of ‘Department’ Health and Environmental Control. (W) means the board of the department. ‘Board’ (X) means excavation to restore the ‘Maintenance dredging’ depth of underwater lands or restore channels, basins, canals, or similar waterway accesses to depths and dimensions that support and maintain prior or existing levels of use that previously have been dredged pursuant to a license issued by the department or an exemption as provided in Section 4839130(D)(10) as added by Act 41 of 2011. (Y) means an abnormal rise of water generated by ‘Storm surge’ a storm over and above the predicted astronomical tide.”
(L) ‘Estuarine sanctuary’ means a research area designated as an estuarine sanctuary by the Secretary of Commerce. (M) ‘Marine sanctuary’ means any water and wetland areas designated as a marine sanctuary by the Secretary of Commerce. (N) ‘Minor development activities’ means the construction, maintenance, repair or alteration of any private piers or erosion control structure, the construction of which does not involve dredge activities. (O) ‘Dredging’ means the removal or displacement by any means of soil, sand, gravel, shells or other material, whether of intrinsic value or not, from any critical area. (P) ‘Filling’ means either the displacement of saline waters by the depositing into critical areas of soil, sand, gravel, shells or other material or the artificial alteration of water levels or water currents by physical structure, drainage ditches or otherwise. (Q) ‘Submerged lands’ means those river, creek and ocean bottoms lying below mean lowwater mark. (R) ‘Oil’ means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of specific gravity, that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. (S) ‘Gas’ means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not hereinabove defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. (T) ‘Fuel’ means gas and oil. (U) ‘Emergency’ means any unusual incident resulting from natural or unnatural causes which endanger the health, safety or resources of the residents of the State, including damages or erosion to any beach or shore resulting from a hurricane, storm or other such violent disturbance. (V) ‘Department’ means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. (W) ‘Board’ means the board of the department. (X) ‘Maintenance dredging’ means excavation to restore the depth of underwater lands or restore channels, basins, canals, or similar waterway accesses to depths and dimensions that support and maintain prior or existing levels of use that previously have been dredged pursuant to a license issued by the department or an exemption as provided in Section 4839130(D)(10) as added by Act 41 of 2011. (Y) ‘Storm surge’ means an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm over and above the predicted astronomical tide.”
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