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For the effects of this chapter, the term 'wetland' shall mean a natural area saturated by surface or ground water, at an interval or duration sufficient to sustain, and under normal circumstances, does sustain or would sustain vegetation typically adapted to saturated, flooded, or marshy soil conditions, which includes areas such as swamps, marshes, coastal plains (salt flats and mud flats), open bodies of water, salt marshes or similar areas.\nHistory —Dec. 31, 1998, No. 314, § 5, eff. 30 days after Dec. 31, 1998.