permit or license applicant

(12) The term “permit or license applicant” means, when used with respect to an action of a Federal agency for which exemption is sought under section 1536 of this title , any person whose application to such agency for a permit or license has been denied primarily because of the application of section 1536(a) of this title to such agency action.

Source

16 USC § 1532(12)


Scoping language

For the purposes of this chapter
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