§ 2601. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2601]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 39--SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE
SUBCHAPTER I--SHORE PROTECTION
Sec. 2601. Definitions
In this chapter--
(1) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) ``coastal waters'' means--
(A) the territorial sea of the United States;
(B) the Great Lakes and their connecting waters;
(C) the marine and estuarine waters of the United States up
to the head of tidal influence; and
(D) the Exclusive Economic Zone as established by
Presidential Proclamation Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983.
(3) ``municipal or commercial waste'' means solid waste (as
defined in section 6903 of title 42) except--
(A) solid waste identified and listed under section 6921 of
title 42;
(B) waste generated by the vessel during normal operations;
(C) debris solely from construction activities;
(D) sewage sludge subject to regulation under title I of the
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 [33
U.S.C. 1411 et seq.]; and
(E) dredged or fill material subject to regulation under
title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
of 1972 [33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.], the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), or the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).
(4) ``person'' means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock
company, corporation (including a government corporation),
partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political
subdivision of a State, or any interstate body.
(5) ``receiving facility'' means a facility or operation where
municipal or commercial waste is unloaded from a vessel.
(6) ``United States'', when used in a geographic sense, means
the States of the United States, Puerto Rico, the District of
Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United
States.
(7) ``waste source'' means a facility or vessel from which
municipal or commercial waste is loaded onto a vessel, including any
rolling stock or motor vehicles from which that waste is directly
loaded.
(Pub. L. 100-688, title IV, Sec. 4101, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4154.)
References in Text
Presidential Proclamation Number 5030, referred to in par. (2)(D),
is set out under section 1453 of Title 16, Conservation.
The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972,
referred to in par. (3)(D) and (E), is Pub. L. 92-532, Oct. 23, 1972, 86
Stat. 1052, as amended. Title I of that Act is classified generally to
subchapter I (Sec. 1411 et seq.) of chapter 27 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 1401 of this title and Tables.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in par. (3)(E),
is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to
chapter 26 (Sec. 1251 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1251 of this title and Tables.
The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, referred to in
par. (3)(E), is act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1151, as amended,
which enacted sections 401, 403, 404, 406 to 409, 411 to 416, 418, 502,
549, 686, and 687 of this title. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
Short Title
Section 4001 of title IV of Pub. L. 100-688 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Shore Protection Act
of 1988'.''
Territorial Sea of United States
For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No.
5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.
