33 USC § 2902 - Definitions
In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)
Council
The term “Council” means the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council established by section
2904 of this title.
(2)
Estuary
The term “estuary” means a part of a river or stream or other body of water that has an unimpaired connection with the open sea and where the sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. The term also includes near coastal waters and wetlands of the Great Lakes that are similar in form and function to estuaries, including the area located in the Great Lakes biogeographic region and designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) as of November 7, 2000.
(3)
Estuary habitat
The term “estuary habitat” means the physical, biological, and chemical elements associated with an estuary, including the complex of physical and hydrologic features and living organisms within the estuary and associated ecosystems.
(4)
Estuary habitat restoration activity
(A)
In general
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” means an activity that results in improving degraded estuaries or estuary habitat or creating estuary habitat (including both physical and functional restoration), with the goal of attaining a self-sustaining system integrated into the surrounding landscape.
(B)
Included activities
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” includes—
(i)
the reestablishment of chemical, physical, hydrologic, and biological features and components associated with an estuary;
(ii)
except as provided in subparagraph (C), the cleanup of pollution for the benefit of estuary habitat;
(iv)
the reintroduction of species native to the estuary, including through such means as planting or promoting natural succession;
(5)
Estuary habitat restoration project
The term “estuary habitat restoration project” means a project to carry out an estuary habitat restoration activity.
(6)
Estuary habitat restoration plan
(A)
In general
The term “estuary habitat restoration plan” means any Federal, State, or regional plan for restoration of degraded estuary habitat that was developed with the substantial participation of appropriate public and private stakeholders.
(B)
Included plans and programs
The term “estuary habitat restoration plan” includes estuary habitat restoration components of—
(iii)
a management plan approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); and
(iv)
the interstate management plan developed pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay program under section
1267 of this title.
(10)
State
The term “State” means the States of Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)
Council
The term “Council” means the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council established by section
2904 of this title.
(2)
Estuary
The term “estuary” means a part of a river or stream or other body of water that has an unimpaired connection with the open sea and where the sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. The term also includes near coastal waters and wetlands of the Great Lakes that are similar in form and function to estuaries, including the area located in the Great Lakes biogeographic region and designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) as of November 7, 2000.
(3)
Estuary habitat
The term “estuary habitat” means the physical, biological, and chemical elements associated with an estuary, including the complex of physical and hydrologic features and living organisms within the estuary and associated ecosystems.
(4)
Estuary habitat restoration activity
(A)
In general
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” means an activity that results in improving degraded estuaries or estuary habitat or creating estuary habitat (including both physical and functional restoration), with the goal of attaining a self-sustaining system integrated into the surrounding landscape.
(B)
Included activities
The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” includes—
(i)
the reestablishment of chemical, physical, hydrologic, and biological features and components associated with an estuary;
(ii)
except as provided in subparagraph (C), the cleanup of pollution for the benefit of estuary habitat;
(iv)
the reintroduction of species native to the estuary, including through such means as planting or promoting natural succession;
(5)
Estuary habitat restoration project
The term “estuary habitat restoration project” means a project to carry out an estuary habitat restoration activity.
(6)
Estuary habitat restoration plan
(A)
In general
The term “estuary habitat restoration plan” means any Federal, State, or regional plan for restoration of degraded estuary habitat that was developed with the substantial participation of appropriate public and private stakeholders.
(B)
Included plans and programs
The term “estuary habitat restoration plan” includes estuary habitat restoration components of—
(iii)
a management plan approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); and
(iv)
the interstate management plan developed pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay program under section
1267 of this title.
(10)
State
The term “State” means the States of Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
Source
(Pub. L. 106–457, title I, § 103,Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1958; Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5017(b),Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1197.)
References in Text
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, referred to in pars. (2) and (6)(B)(iii), is title III of Pub. L. 89–454as added by Pub. L. 92–583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1280, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1451 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
1451 of Title
16 and Tables.
Amendments
2007—Par. (6)(A). Pub. L. 110–114substituted “Federal, State, or regional” for “Federal or State”.
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