Disturbed land definition

Disturbed land means the area of land or surface water that has been disturbed, beginning at the date of the issuance of the permit. The term includes the area from which the overburden, tailings, waste materials, or minerals have been removed and tailings ponds, waste dumps, roads, conveyor systems, load-out facilities, leach dumps, and all similar excavations or coverings that result from the operation and that have not been previously reclaimed under the reclamation plan.

Disturbed land means the area of land or surface water that has been disturbed, beginning at the

Disturbed land means land that does not have habitat value for native species as a result of activities permitted by law. Habitat that is the result of natural processes and succession may not be considered disturbed land.

Examples of Disturbed land in a sentence

• Disturbed land areas of less than twenty-five thousand square feet unless a political subdivision by ordinance establishes a smaller exception or establishes conditions for this exception.

• Revegetation: Disturbed land will be reclaimed and revegetated according to a Reclamation and Noxious Weed Plan.

• Disturbed land" means the area of land or surface water that has been disturbed, beginning at the date of the issuance of the permit.

• Disturbed land areas of less than 10,000 square feet in size, except in such as environmentally sensitive areas such as flood plains and wetlands, steep slopes (15° or more) and areas within fifty feet (50') of the James River, except in cases in which the plan-approving authority has required an agreement in lieu of a plan under Section 5-32 hereto, in which the exemption shall not apply.

• Disturbed land means land that manifests signs of environmental disturbance that has had an observable effect on the structure and function of the natural community.

More Definitions of Disturbed land

Disturbed land means land from which vegetation, topsoil, or overburden has been removed, or land of marginal agricultural use or grazing capacity due to past use.

Disturbed land means land other than developed land where the natural conditions

Disturbed land means land, natural watercourses, or existing stockpiles and waste piles affected by placer or dredge mining, remining, exploration, stockpiling of ore or wastes from placer or dredge mining, or construction of roads, tailings ponds, structures, or facilities appur- tenant to placer or dredge mining operations.

Disturbed land has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(ii).

Disturbed land means any land on which the person conducting an exploration operation causes or permits to be conducted an activity that results in any disturbance, exposure, covering, erosion, degradation, or deterioration of the surface of the land in any manner;

Disturbed land means any land disturbed in any manner in association with the activity which is the subject of this approval;

Disturbed land means areas that have been physically disturbed (by previous legal human activity) or invaded by nonnative species and are no longer recognizable as a native or naturalized vegetation association, but continues to retain a soil substrate. This would include areas that have been graded, repeatedly cleared for fuel management purposes and/or experienced repeated use that prevents natural revegetation (i.e., dirt parking lots, trails that have been present for several decades). Typically vegetation, if present, is nearly exclusively composed of non-native plant species such as ornamentals or ruderal exotic species that take advantage of disturbance, or shows signs of past or present animal usage that removes any capability of providing viable natural habitat for uses other than dispersal. Habitat that is the result of natural processes and succession may not be considered disturbed land.