Harbors and Ports 

U.S. Code > Title 33 > Chapter 29 > § 1501 - Congressional declaration of policy

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
the term - 
    (1) "adjacent coastal State" means any coastal State which (A)
  would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port, as
  proposed in an application; (B) would be located within 15 miles
  of any such proposed deepwater port; or (C) is designated by the
  Secretary in accordance with section 1508(a)(2) of this title;
    (2) "affiliate" means any entity owned or controlled by, any
  person who owns or controls, or any entity which is under common
  ownership or control with an applicant, licensee, or any person
  required to be disclosed pursuant to section 1504(c)(2)(A) or (B)
  of this title;
    (3) "application" means an application submitted under this Act
  for a license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a
  deepwater port;
    (4) "citizen of the United States" means any person who is a
  United States citizen by law, birth, or naturalization, any
  State, any agency of a State or a group of States, or any
  corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws
  of any State which has as its president or other executive
  officer and as its chairman of the board of directors, or holder
  of a similar office, a person who is a United States citizen by
  law, birth or naturalization and which has no more of its
  directors who are not United States citizens by law, birth or
  naturalization than constitute a minority of the number required
  for a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the board;
    (5) "coastal environment" means the navigable waters (including
  the lands therein and thereunder) and the adjacent shorelines
  including (!1) waters therein and thereunder). The term includes
  transitional and intertidal areas, bays, lagoons, salt marshes,
  estuaries, and beaches; the fish, wildlife and other living
  resources thereof; and the recreational and scenic values of such
  lands, waters and resources;

    (6) "coastal State" means any State of the United States in or
  bordering on the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Oceans, or the Gulf
  of Mexico;
    (7) "construction" means the supervising, inspection, actual
  building, and all other activities incidental to the building,
  repairing, or expanding of a deepwater port or any of its
  components, including, but not limited to, pile driving and
  bulkheading, and alterations, modifications, or additions to the
  deepwater port;
    (8) "control" means the power, directly or indirectly, to
  determine the policy, business practices, or decisionmaking
  process of another person, whether by stock or other ownership
  interest, by representation on a board of directors or similar
  body, by contract or other agreement with stockholders or others,
  or otherwise;
    (9) "deepwater port" - 
      (A) means any fixed or floating manmade structure other than
    a vessel, or any group of such structures, that are located
    beyond State seaward boundaries and that are used or intended
    for use as a port or terminal for the transportation, storage,
    or further handling of oil or natural gas for transportation to
    any State, except as otherwise provided in section 1522 of this
    title, and for other uses not inconsistent with the purposes of
    this chapter, including transportation of oil or natural gas
    from the United States outer continental shelf;
      (B) includes all components and equipment, including
    pipelines, pumping stations, service platforms, buoys, mooring
    lines, and similar facilities to the extent they are located
    seaward of the high water mark;
      (C) in the case of a structure used or intended for such use
    with respect to natural gas, includes all components and
    equipment, including pipelines, pumping or compressor stations,
    service platforms, buoys, mooring lines, and similar facilities
    that are proposed or approved for construction and operation as
    part of a deepwater port, to the extent that they are located
    seaward of the high water mark and do not include
    interconnecting facilities; and
      (D) shall be considered a "new source" for purposes of the
    Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), and the Federal Water
    Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);

    (10) "Governor" means the Governor of a State or the person
  designated by State law to exercise the powers granted to the
  Governor pursuant to this chapter;
    (11) "licensee" means a citizen of the United States holding a
  valid license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a
  deepwater port that was issued, transferred, or renewed pursuant
  to this chapter;
    (12) "marine environment" includes the coastal environment,
  waters of the contiguous zone, and waters of the high seas; the
  fish, wildlife, and other living resources of such waters; and
  the recreational and scenic values of such waters and resources;
    (13) "natural gas" means either natural gas unmixed, or any
  mixture of natural or artificial gas, including compressed or
  liquefied natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum
  gas, and condensate recovered from natural gas;
    (14) "oil" means petroleum, crude oil, and any substance
  refined from petroleum or crude oil;
    (15) "person" includes an individual, a public or private
  corporation, a partnership or other association, or a government
  entity;
    (16) "safety zone" means the safety zone established around a
  deepwater port as determined by the Secretary in accordance with
  section 1509(d) of this title;
    (17) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation;
    (18) "State" includes each of the States of the United States,
  the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
  the territories and possessions of the United States; and
    (19) "vessel" means every description of watercraft or other
  artificial contrivance used as a means of transportation on or
  through the water.

Legislative History

Previous section	Chapter 29 Table of Contents	Next section

________________________________________________________________________

Questions & Answers: Harbors and Ports

This is actually 33 USC 902. ...

U.S. Code Provisions: Harbors and Ports

State Laws: Harbors and Ports

Comments (0)