owner or operator
(5) The term “owner or operator” means— (A) in the case of a vessel, any person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel; and (B) in the case of a facility, any person owning, leasing, or operating such facility.
Source
46 USC § 70101(5)
Scoping language
For the purpose of this chapter
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