§2902 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. Council — the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council created under section 2904. Estuary — a part of a river, stream, or other water that stays connected to the open sea and where seawater mixes with freshwater from land. It also covers nearby coastal waters and Great Lakes wetlands that act like estuaries, including areas named a National Estuarine Research Reserve under the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) as of November 7, 2000. Estuary habitat — the physical, chemical, and living parts of an estuary and nearby ecosystems. Estuary habitat restoration activity — work that improves or creates estuary habitat so it becomes a self-sustaining part of the landscape; this covers things like rebuilding physical and biological features, cleaning pollution for habitat benefit (with some limits), controlling invasive species, bringing back native species, building reefs for fish and shellfish, and other habitat improvements. It does not include projects done to meet required mitigation or to fix natural resource damages required by law. Estuary habitat restoration project — a project that carries out such restoration activity. Estuary habitat restoration plan — a federal, state, or regional restoration plan made with strong public and private stakeholder input; it also includes restoration parts of plans under sections 1330, 1268, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Chesapeake Bay program under section 1267. Indian tribe — as defined in section 5304 of title 25. Non-Federal interest — a State, a political subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe, a regional or interstate agency, or, as allowed in section 2903(f)(2), a nongovernmental organization. Secretary — the Secretary of the Army. State — the listed States (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, 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.