33 U.S.C. § 1471 : US Code - Section 1471: Definitions

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1471 : US Code - Section 1471: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) "a substance other than convention oil" means those oils,
noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances -

(A) enumerated in the protocol, or
(B) otherwise determined to be hazardous under section
1473(a) of this title;
(2) "convention" means the International Convention Relating to
Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution
Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;
(3) "convention oil" means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and
lubricating oil;
(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating;
(5) "ship" means -
(A) a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and
(B) any floating craft, except an installation or device
engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of
the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof;
(6) "protocol" means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on
the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other
Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and
(7) "United States" means the States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas,
and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States.