25-0103 - Definitions.

§ 25-0103. Definitions.    1. "Tidal wetlands" shall mean and include the following:    (a)  those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal waters, such as,  but not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps, meadows,  flats  or  other  low  lands  subject to tidal action, including those areas now or  formerly connected to tidal waters;    (b) all banks, bogs, meadows, flats and tidal marsh  subject  to  such  tides,  and  upon  which  grow or may grow some or any of the following:  salt hay (Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata), black  grass  (Juncus  Gerardi),   saltworts   (Salicornia   ssp.),   sea   lavender  (Limonium  carolinianum),  tall  cordgrass   (Spartina   pectinata   and   Spartina  cynosuroides),   hightide   bush   (Iva   frutescens),  cattails  (Typha  angustifolia and Typha latifolia), groundsel  (Baccharis  halmilifolia),  marsh  mallow (Hybiscus palustris) and the intertidal zone including low  marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora).    2.  "Commissioner"  shall  mean  the  commissioner  of   environmental  conservation.    3.   "Pollution"  shall  mean  the  presence  in  the  environment  of  conditions or contaminants in quantities or characteristics which are or  may be injurious to human, plant, or marine  life,  wildlife,  or  other  animal  life,  or  to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the  comfortable  enjoyment  of  life  and  property  throughout  such  tidal  wetlands as may be affected thereby.    4.  "Person" shall mean any individual, public or private corporation,  political subdivision, government agency, department or  bureau  of  the  state,   bi-state  authority,  municipality,  industry,  co-partnership,  association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.    5. "Municipality" shall mean a village, town, city or county.