2025 Delaware Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
Chapter 10. STATE FORESTRY
Subchapter VI. Water Quality as It Relates to Silvicultural Systems and Sedimentation and Erosion Control
§ 1072. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings ascribed to them except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) “Owner” shall mean any person that (a) owns or leases land on which silvicultural activity occurs or (b) owns timber on land which silvicultural activity occurs.
(2) “Operator” shall mean any person that operates or exercises control over any silvicultural activity.
(3) “Pollution” shall mean such alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of any waters of the State resulting from sediment deposition that will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters (a) harmful or detrimental or injurious to the public health, safety or welfare, or to the health of animals, fish or aquatic life; (b) unsuitable with reasonable treatment for use as a present or possible future source of public water supply; or (c) unsuitable for recreational, commercial, industrial, agricultural or other reasonable uses.
(4) “Silvicultural activity” shall mean any forest management activity, including but not limited to the harvesting of timber, the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes, and the preparation of property for reforestation.
(5) “Reforestation” is the establishment of a tree crop on forest land.
