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33 U.S.C. § 2902 — Definitions
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2904&num=0&edition=prelim).
(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim) 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 as
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2904&num=0&edition=prelim).
(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim) 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;
(iii) the control of nonnative and invasive species in the estuary;
(iv) the reintroduction of species native to the estuary, including through such means as planting or promoting natural succession;
(v) the construction of reefs to promote fish and shellfish production and to provide estuary habitat for living resources; and
(vi) other activities that improve estuary habitat.
(C) *Excluded activities* — The term “estuary habitat restoration activity” does not include an activity that—
(i) constitutes mitigation required under any Federal or State law for the adverse effects of an activity regulated or otherwise governed by Federal or State law; or
(ii) constitutes restoration for natural resource damages required under any Federal or State law.
(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—
(i) a comprehensive conservation and management plan approved under [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim);
(ii) a lakewide management plan or remedial action plan developed under [section 1268 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1268&num=0&edition=prelim);
(iii) a management plan approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1451](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(iv) the interstate management plan developed pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay program under [section 1267 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1267&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) **Indian tribe** — The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given such term by [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Non-Federal interest** — The term “non-Federal interest” means a State, a political subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe, a regional or interstate agency, or, as provided in [section 2903(f)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2903/f/2&num=0&edition=prelim), a nongovernmental organization.
(9) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Army.
(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.
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**(a) Council** There is established a council to be known as the “Estuary Habitat Restoration Council”.
**(b) Duties** The Council shall be responsible for—
(1) soliciting, reviewing, and evaluating project proposals and developing recommendations concerning such proposals based on the factors specified in [section 2903(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2903/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) submitting to the Secretary a list of recommended projects, including a recommended priority order and any recommendation as to whether a project should be carried out by the Secretary or by another Federal department or agency under [section 2903(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2903/g&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) developing and transmitting to Congress a national strategy for restoration of estuary habitat;
(4) periodically reviewing the effectiveness of the national strategy in meeting the purposes of this chapter and, as necessary, updating the national strategy;
(5) providing advice on the development of the database, monitoring standards, and report required under sections 2906 and 2907 of this title;
(6) cooperating in the implementation of the strategy developed under [section 2905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2905&num=0&edition=prelim);
(7) recommending standards for monitoring for restoration projects and contribution of project information to the database developed under [section 2906 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2906&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(8) otherwise using the respective authorities of the Council members to carry o
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**(a) Management conference**
(1) **Nomination of estuaries** — The Governor of any State may nominate to the Administrator an estuary lying in whole or in part within the State as an estuary of national significance and request a management conference to develop a comprehensive management plan for the estuary. The nomination shall document the need for the conference, the likelihood of success, and information relating to the factors in paragraph (2).
(2) **Convening of conference**
(A) *In general* — In any case where the Administrator determines, on his own initiative or upon nomination of a State under paragraph (1), that the attainment or maintenance of that water quality in an estuary which assures protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife, and allows recreational activities, in and on the water, requires the control of point and nonpoint sources of pollution to supplement existing controls of pollution in more than one State, the Administrator shall select such estuary and convene a management conference.
(B) *Priority consideration* — The Administrator shall give priority consideration under this section to Long Island Sound, New York and Connecticut; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts (including Cape Cod Bay and Boston Harbor); Puget Sound, Washington; New York-New Jersey Harbor, New York and New Jersey; Delaware Bay, Delaware and New Jersey; Delaware Inland Bays, Delaware; Albemarle Sound, North Carolina; Sarasota Bay, Florida; San Francisco Bay, California; Santa Monica Bay, California; Galveston Bay, Texas; Barataria-Terrebonne Bay estuary complex, Louisiana; Indian River Lagoon, Florida; Lake P
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.
**(b) Availability of appropriations** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provision of funds under this chapter shall be subject to the availability of appropriations and the Secretary is not required to reduce funding for programs, projects, or activities serving a tribe in order to make funds available to another tribe or tribal organization under this chapter.
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The Congress finds that—
**(a)** There is a national interest in the effective management, beneficial use, protection, and development of the coastal zone.
**(b)** The coastal zone is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, ecological, industrial, and esthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being of the Nation.
**(c)** The increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of our coastal zone occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste disposal, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, and other living marine resources, have resulted in the loss of living marine resources, wildlife, nutrient-rich areas, permanent and adverse changes to ecological systems, decreasing open space for public use, and shoreline erosion.
**(d)** The habitat areas of the coastal zone, and the fish, shellfish, other living marine resources, and wildlife therein, are ecologically fragile and consequently extremely vulnerable to destruction by man’s alterations.
**(e)** Important ecological, cultural, historic, and esthetic values in the coastal zone which are essential to the well-being of all citizens are being irretrievably damaged or lost.
**(f)** New and expanding demands for food, energy, minerals, defense needs, recreation, waste disposal, transportation, and industrial activities in the Great Lakes, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, and Outer Continental Shelf are placing stress on these areas and are creating the need for resolution of serious conflicts among important and competing uses and values in coastal and ocean waters; 11 So
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**(a) Definitions** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Administrative cost** — The term “administrative cost” means the cost of salaries and fringe benefits incurred in administering a grant under this section.
(2) **Chesapeake Bay Agreement** — The term “Chesapeake Bay Agreement” means the formal, voluntary agreements executed to achieve the goal of restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and signed by the Chesapeake Executive Council.
(3) **Chesapeake Bay ecosystem** — The term “Chesapeake Bay ecosystem” means the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
(4) **Chesapeake Bay Program** — The term “Chesapeake Bay Program” means the program directed by the Chesapeake Executive Council in accordance with the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
(5) **Chesapeake Executive Council** — The term “Chesapeake Executive Council” means the signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
(6) **Signatory jurisdiction** — The term “signatory jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction of a signatory to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
**(b) Continuation of Chesapeake Bay Program**
(1) **In general** — In cooperation with the Chesapeake Executive Council (and as a member of the Council), the Administrator shall continue the Chesapeake Bay Program.
(2) **Program Office**
(A) *In general* — The Administrator shall maintain in the Environmental Protection Agency a Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
(B) *Function* — The Chesapeake Bay Program Office shall provide support to the Chesapeake Executive Council by—
(i) implementing and coordinating science, research, modeling, support services, monitoring, data collection, and other activities that support the Chesapeake Bay Program;
(ii) developi
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**(a) Findings, purpose, and definitions**
(1) **Findings** — The Congress finds that—
(A) the Great Lakes are a valuable national resource, continuously serving the people of the United States and other nations as an important source of food, fresh water, recreation, beauty, and enjoyment;
(B) the United States should seek to attain the goals embodied in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, as amended by the Water Quality Agreement of 1987 and any other agreements and amendments, with particular emphasis on goals related to toxic pollutants; and
(C) the Environmental Protection Agency should take the lead in the effort to meet those goals, working with other Federal agencies and State and local authorities.
(2) **Purpose** — It is the purpose of this section to achieve the goals embodied in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, as amended by the Water Quality Agreement of 1987 and any other agreements and amendments, through improved organization and definition of mission on the part of the Agency, funding of State grants for pollution control in the Great Lakes area, and improved accountability for implementation of such agreement.
(3) **Definitions** — For purposes of this section, the term—
(A) “Agency” means the Environmental Protection Agency;
(B) “Great Lakes” means Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior, and the connecting channels (Saint Mary’s River, Saint Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian Border);
(C) “Great Lakes System” means all the streams, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water within the drainage basin of the Great Lakes;
(D) “Program Office” means the Great Lakes National Program Office established
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**(a) General authority**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may carry out a project to restore and protect an aquatic ecosystem or estuary if the Secretary determines that the project—
(A)
(i) will improve the quality of the environment and is in the public interest; or
(ii) will improve the elements and features of an estuary (as defined in [section 2902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2902&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(B) is cost-effective.
(2) **Dam removal** — A project under this section may include removal of a dam.
(3) **Anadromous fish habitat and passage**
(A) *Measures* — A project under this section may include measures to improve habitat or passage for anadromous fish, including—
(i) installing fish bypass structures on small water diversions;
(ii) modifying tide gates; and
(iii) restoring or reconnecting floodplains and wetlands that are important for anadromous fish habitat or passage.
(B) *Benefits* — A project that includes measures under this paragraph shall be formulated to maximize benefits for the anadromous fish species benefitted by the project.
(4) **Drought resilience** — A project under this section may include measures that enhance drought resilience through the restoration of wetlands or the removal of invasive species.
**(b) Cost sharing**
(1) **In general** — Non-Federal interests shall provide 35 percent of the cost of construction of any project carried out under this section, including provision of all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations.
(2) **Form** — Before October 1, 2003, the Federal share of the cost of a project under this section may be provided in the form of reimbursements of project costs.
(3) **Anadrom
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1447f
1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.
as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Committee on Science of House of Representatives
changed to Committee on Science and Technology of
House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6,
One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee
on Science and Technology of House of Representatives
changed to Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of House of Representatives by House Resolu-
tion No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.
§ 1447f. Authorization of appropriations
(a) In general
For purposes of carrying out the provisions of
this chapter, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $18,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1992 through 1996.
(b) Allocation
(1) Of funds appropriated in any fiscal year,
not more than $500,000 shall be reserved for ad-
ministration of this chapter by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and
the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Funds appropriated in a fiscal year which
are available after allocation pursuant to para-
graph (1), shall be used to support the adminis-
trative costs of Boards established pursuant to
section 1447b(a) of this title, provided that such
funding does not exceed $300,000 for each re-
search Board in each fiscal year.
(3) Seventy-five percent of funds appropriated
in a fiscal year available after allocation pursu-
ant to paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be allocated
equally among Boards located in regions sub-
mitting research project grant applications pur-
suant to section 1447d(b) of this title.
(4) Twenty-five percent of funds appropriated
in a fiscal year available after allocation pursu-
ant to paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be all
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 2902
a management agreement with a university-based con-
sortium.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated—
‘‘(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 to develop the
management agreement under subsection (c); and
‘‘(2) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004,
and 2005 to carry out the project.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’
§ 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 simi-
lar in form and function to estuaries, includ-
ing the area located in the Great Lakes bio-
geographic region and designated as a Na-
tional 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 phys-
ical, biological, and chemical elements associ-
ated with an estuary, including the complex of
physical and hydrologic features and living or-
ganisms within the estuary and associated
ecosystems.
(4) Estuary habitat restoration activity
(A) In general
The term ‘‘estuary habitat restoration ac-
tivity’’ means an activity that results in im-
proving degraded estuaries or estuary habi-
tat or creating estuary habitat (including
both physical and functional restoration),
with the
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