§3507 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Administrator is the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Coastal state uses the meaning in section 1453(4) of title 16. Working Group means the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping under section 3502. Exclusive economic zone is the U.S. zone set by Presidential Proclamation No. 5030 of March 10, 1983. Ocean and coastal mapping means collecting and sharing data about ocean and coastal features and boundaries using tools like acoustics, satellites, aerial photos, imaging, sampling, and other mapping technology. Territorial sea is the belt of sea from the U.S. baseline under international law as set by Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, dated December 27, 1988. Nongovernmental entities are NGOs, academics, and private companies that make maps, charts, surveys, aerial or satellite images, or other visual or digital depictions. Outer Continental Shelf means submerged lands seaward of navigable waters whose seabed and subsoil belong to the United States (see section 1301 of title 43). Coastal Indian Tribe means an Indian Tribe with land in a coastal State (see section 5304 of title 25).

Title 33, §3507

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “Administrator’ ” 11 So in original. Closing single quotation mark probably should not appear. means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(2)The term “coastal state” has the meaning given that term by section 1453(4) of title 16.

(3)The term “Working Group” means the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping under section 3502 of this title.

(4)The term “exclusive economic zone” means the exclusive economic zone of the United States established by Presidential Proclamation No. 5030, of March 10, 1983.

(5)The term “ocean and coastal mapping” means the acquisition, processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of physical, biological, geological, chemical, and archaeological characteristics and boundaries of ocean and coastal areas, resources, and sea beds through the use of acoustics, satellites, aerial photogrammetry, light and imaging, direct sampling, and other mapping technologies.

(6)The term “territorial sea” means the belt of sea measured from the baseline of the United States determined in accordance with international law, as set forth in Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, dated December 27, 1988.

(7)The term “nongovernmental entities” includes nongovernmental organizations, members of the academic community, and private sector organizations that provide products and services associated with measuring, locating, and preparing maps, charts, surveys, aerial photographs, satellite imagines,22 So in original. Probably should be “images,”. or other graphical or digital presentations depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, and legal boundaries of the Earth.

(8)The term “Outer Continental Shelf” means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of lands beneath navigable waters (as that term is defined in section 1301 of title 43), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control.

(9)The term “coastal Indian Tribe” means an “Indian Tribe”, as defined in section 5304 of title 25, the land of which is located in a coastal State.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Presidential Proclamation No. 5030, referred to in par. (4), is set out under section 1453 of Title 16, Conservation. Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, referred to in par. (6), is set out under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.

Amendments

2022—Par. (3). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(b)(1)(C), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘Committee’ means the Interagency Ocean and Coastal Mapping Committee established by section 3502 of this title.” Par. (5). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(g)(1), substituted “processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination” for “processing, and management”. Par. (9). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(g)(2), added par. (9).

§3507 Definitions