§2601 Definitions

Summary

Defines important words used in the chapter. Administrator means the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Coastal waters include the U.S. territorial sea, the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, marine and estuarine waters up to the head of tidal influence, and the Exclusive Economic Zone set by Presidential Proclamation Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983. Municipal or commercial waste means solid waste (see 42 U.S.C. 6903) but excludes five kinds: wastes listed under 42 U.S.C. 6921; waste from a vessel’s normal operations; debris only from construction; sewage sludge covered by Title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); and dredged or fill material covered by that Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), or the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Person means an individual or many types of organizations, including states and local governments. Receiving facility is a place where municipal or commercial waste is unloaded from a vessel. United States, geographically, includes the States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other U.S. territory or possession. Waste source is the facility or vessel that loads municipal or commercial waste onto a vessel, including rolling stock or motor vehicles that load directly.