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DRAFT 4 -28 -2010 (21) "Temporary Erosion Protection" means methods employed to prevent erosion. Examples of temporary cover include straw, wood fiber blanket, wood chips, and erosion netting. (22) "Underground Waters" means water contained below the surface of the earth in the saturated zone including, without limitation, all waters whether under confined, unconfined, or perched conditions, in near surface unconsolidated sediment or regolith, or in rock formations deeper underground. The term ground water shall be synonymous with underground water. (23) "Waters of the State" (as defined in Minn. Stat. §115.01, subd. 22) means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof. (24) "Wetland" or "Wetlands" is defined in Minn. R. 7050.0130, subp. F and includes those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Constructed wetlands designed for wastewater treatment are not waters of the state. Wetlands must have the following attributes: (a) A predominance of hydric soils; (b) Inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in a saturated soil condition; and (c) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation. X.06 EXEMPTIONS The following land disturbing activities will be exempt from the Erosion and Sediment Control and Storm Water Management Permit requirements of this Ordinance: (a) Cemetery graves. (b) Routine agricultural activity such as tilling, planting, or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural (forestry) crops. (c) Federal, State, County, or City agency project whose plans and specifications meet the requirements of the Ordinance and are reviewed and approved by the City under a separate process. 40 (d) Emergency work necessary to protect life, limb, or property. 7