20 U.S.C. § 5502 : US Code - Section 5502: Definitions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 5502 : US Code - Section 5502: Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term -
(1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) "Agency" means the United States Environmental Protection
Agency;
(3) "Federal agency" or "agency of the United States" means any
department, agency or other instrumentality of the Federal
Government, any independent agency or establishment of the
Federal Government including any Government corporation;
(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
Education;
(5) "local educational agency" means any education agency as
defined in section 7801 of this title and shall include any
tribal education agency;
(6) "not-for-profit" organization (!1) means an organization,
association, or institution described in section 501(c)(3) of
title 26, which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the
provisions of section 501(a) of title 26;
(7) "noncommercial education broadcasting entities" means any
noncommercial educational broadcasting station (and/or its legal
nonprofit affiliates) as defined and licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission;
(8) "tribal education agency" means a school or community
college which is controlled by an Indian tribe, band, or nation,
including any Alaska Native village, which is recognized as
eligible for special programs and services provided by the United
States to Indians because of their status as Indians and which is
not administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(9) "Federal natural resource management agencies" means the
United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the
National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service;
(10) "environmental engineering" means the discipline within
engineering and science concerned with the development and
application of scientific and technical solutions to protecting
the aquatic and atmospheric environment, including, but not
limited to, all phases of water resources planning, water supply,
water treatment, air pollution characterization and control,
remediation of hazardous substances, environmental transport of
contaminants in surface and ground water and atmosphere, and
methods for assessment and control of pollution;
(11) "environmental education" and "environmental education and
training" mean educational activities and training activities
involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students, as
such terms are defined in the State in which they reside, and
environmental education personnel, but does not include technical
training activities directed toward environmental management
professionals or activities primarily directed toward the support
of noneducational research and development;
(12) "Foundation" means the National Environmental Education
and Training Foundation established pursuant to section 5509 of
this title; and
(13) "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.