§2003 — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

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Defines several key words used in the chapter. "Northern tier States" are Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. "Inland States" are all other States in the United States except the northern tier plus California, Alaska, and Hawaii. "Crude oil transportation system" is any delivery system that moves Alaskan and other crude oil to the northern tier and inland States, but it does not include the Long Beach-Midland project. The "Long Beach-Midland project" is the specific delivery system described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement titled "Crude Oil Transportation System: Valdez, Alaska, to Midland, Texas (as proposed by Sohio Transportation Company)" whose availability was announced in the Federal Register on June 1, 1977 (42 Fed. Reg. 28008). "Federal agency" means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5.

Title 43, §2003

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As used in this chapter—

(1)The term “northern tier States” means the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

(2)The term “inland States” means those States in the United States other than northern tier States and the States of California, Alaska, and Hawaii.

(3)The term “crude oil transportation system” means a crude oil delivery system (including the location of such system) for transporting Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, but such term does not include the Long Beach-Midland project.

(4)The term “Long Beach-Midland project” means the crude oil delivery system which was the subject of, and is generally described in, the “Final Environmental Impact Statement, Crude Oil Transportation System: Valdez, Alaska, to Midland, Texas (as proposed by Sohio Transportation Company)”, the availability of which was announced by the Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on June 1, 1977 (42 Fed. Reg. 28008).

(5)The term “Federal agency” means an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5.

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