Application of chapter

This chapter governs the review, issuance, and denial of permits to construct, relocate, rebuild, or alter agricultural dikes located within the floodplains of the Red River of the North and the Bois de Sioux River. Floodplain areas of the Red River of the North are defined in Appendix 0, Volume 8 of the Souris-Red-Rainy Basins Comprehensive Study of "Red River of the North Main Stem Regional Floodplain Area" and the floodplain of the Bois de Sioux River is defined by the United States geological survey one percent change of recurrence area flood quadrangles. These criteria apply to dikes constructed on tributaries within the floodplains of the Red River or the Bois de Sioux River.