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Page-3 Construction Materials Rule 1 appropriate annual fees. As a guideline, "Similarly situated sand, gravel or quarry operations" means those operations within a county which, due to their location, hydrology; geology, or topography, have similaz requirements for mining and reclamation. As a guideline to the counties, the Boazd suggests that the following situations aze disfinct from each other, and reasonable classifications of "similarly situated" operations: (a) dry alluvial operation: Operation in alluvial material where no groundwater is encountered; (b) wet alluvial operation: Operation in alluvial material where groundwater is encountered; (c) dry non-alluvial operation: Operation in non-alluvial material where no groundwater is encountered; (d) wet non-alluvial operation: Operation in non-alluvial material where groundwater is encountered; and (e) in addition, other physical factors such as substantial differences in elevation, aspect, or vegetation may distinguish operations which would otherwise fall within a single one of the four classifications set forth above. 103(4) (13) "E~loration" means the act of seazching for or investigating a construction material deposit. "Exploration" includes, but is not limited to, sinking shafts, tunneling, drilling core and bore holes and digging pits or cuts and other works for the purpose of extracting samples prior to commencement of development"or extraction operations, and the building of roads, access ways, and other facilities related to such work. The term does not include those activities which cause no or very little surface disturbance, such as 'airborne surveys and photographs, use of instruments or devices which are hand carried or otherwise transported over the surface to make magnetic, radioactive, or other tests and measurements, boundary or claim surveying, location work, or other work which causes no greater land disturbance than is caused by ordinary lawful use of the land by persons not exploring.