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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 08.07.04.01" title_num="08" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Definitions.">
  <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Authorities having jurisdiction” means organizations, offices, or individuals responsible for enforcing requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>“Director” means the Director of the Department of Natural Resources — Forest Service, or the Director’s authorized representative.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>“Disposal area” means any sanitary landfill or similar disposal facility, whether publicly or privately owned, that disposes of flammable material by open air burning.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>“Fireworks” means combustible, implosive, or explosive compositions, substances, combinations of substances, or articles that are prepared to produce a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, implosion, deflagration, or detonation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>“Open air burning” means a fire where any material is burned in the open, except for small recreational fires such as campfires.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>“Prescribed burning” means the planned scientific application of fire with an intent to confine it to a predetermined area.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>“Slash” means the residue accumulating or left on the ground as a result of felling, thinning, improvement cutting, weeding, cleaning, girdling, poisoning, or trimming of trees or other woody vegetation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>“Woodland” means a public or private area in any stage of growth of woody vegetation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>