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Mr. Tom Morton County Attorney Santa Rosa County Post Office Box 781 Milton, Florida 32570

Dear Mr. Morton:

This is in response to your request for an opinion as to the proper disposal of dirt which the Santa Rosa County Road Department has dug out of drainage ditches and other county projects.

Dirt is defined by Black's Law Dictionary (Rev. 4th ed. 1968) at page 548 as: `Filth or excrement; garden loam; earth or soil, especially when loose; dust; garden earth.' Thus, the word has broad and varied meanings depending upon the circumstances and its particular meaning must be determined from the…