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Departmental procedures to issue binding determinations as to whether an agricultural practice altering the topography of a tract of land is exempt from Environmental Resource Permitting requirements. The land must be classified as agricultural by a property appraiser pursuant to Section 193.461, Florida Statutes. The activity must be a normal and customary agricultural activity for the area and must not be for the sole or predominant purpose of impeding or diverting surface water or adversely impacting wetlands.