33 U.S.C. § 1402 : US Code - Section 1402: Definitions

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1402 : US Code - Section 1402: Definitions

For the purposes of this Act the term -
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(b) "Ocean waters" means those waters of the open seas lying
seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is
measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea
and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639).
(c) "Material" means matter of any kind or description,
including, but not limited to, dredged material, solid waste,
incinerator residue, garbage, sewage, sewage sludge, munitions,
radiological, chemical, and biological warfare agents, radioactive
materials, chemicals, biological and laboratory waste, wreck or
discarded equipment, rock, sand, excavation debris, and industrial,
municipal, agricultural, and other waste; but such term does not
mean sewage from vessels within the meaning of section 1322 of this
title. Oil within the meaning of section 1321 of this title shall
be included only to the extent that such oil is taken on board a
vessel or aircraft for the purpose of dumping.
(d) "United States" includes the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, the
territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(e) "Person" means any private person or entity, or any officer,
employee, agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of the
Federal Government, of any State or local unit of government, or of
any foreign government.
(f) "Dumping" means a disposition of material: Provided, That it
does not mean a disposition of any effluent from any outfall
structure to the extent that such disposition is regulated under
the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], under the provisions of section
407 of this title, or under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], nor does it mean a
routine discharge of effluent incidental to the propulsion of, or
operation of motor-driven equipment on, vessels: Provided, further,
That it does not mean the construction of any fixed structure or
artificial island nor the intentional placement of any device in
ocean waters or on or in the submerged land beneath such waters,
for a purpose other than disposal, when such construction or such
placement is otherwise regulated by Federal or State law or occurs
pursuant to an authorized Federal or State program: And provided
further, That it does not include the deposit of oyster shells, or
other materials when such deposit is made for the purpose of
developing, maintaining, or harvesting fisheries resources and is
otherwise regulated by Federal or State law or occurs pursuant to
an authorized Federal or State program.
(g) "District court of the United States" includes the District
Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the
District Court of Puerto Rico, the District Court of the Canal
Zone, and in the case of American Samoa and the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands, the District Court of the United States for
the District of Hawaii, which court shall have jurisdiction over
actions arising therein.
(h) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Army.
(i) "Dredged material" means any material excavated or dredged
from the navigable waters of the United States.
(j) "High-level radioactive waste" means the aqueous waste
resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction
system, or equivalent and the concentrated waste from subsequent
extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing
irradiated reactor fuels, or irradiated fuel from nuclear power
reactors.
(k) "Medical waste" means isolation wastes; infectious agents;
human blood and blood products; pathological wastes; sharps; body
parts; contaminated bedding; surgical wastes and potentially
contaminated laboratory wastes; dialysis wastes; and such
additional medical items as the Administrator shall prescribe by
regulation.
(l) "Transport" or "transportation" refers to the carriage and
related handling of any material by a vessel, or by any other
vehicle, including aircraft.
(m) "Convention" means the Convention on the Prevention of Marine
Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter.