§9102 Definitions

Summary

Sets the meanings of key words used in the chapter about ocean thermal energy conversion. “adjacent coastal State” — a coastal State that must be named under section 9115(a)(1) or that the Administrator names under section 9115(a)(2); “Administrator” — the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; “antitrust laws” — includes the Act of July 2, 1890, as amended, the Act of October 15, 1914, as amended, and sections 73 and 74 of the Act of August 27, 1894; “application” — any request under this chapter for a license to own, build, or operate a facility or plantship, for transferring or renewing such a license, or for major changes to a license; “coastal State” — a State in or bordering the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more of the Great Lakes; “construction” — at-sea activities to build, inspect, repair, change, or expand a facility or plantship or its parts, including piledriving, mooring, laying cables or pipelines, and deploying the cold water pipe; “facility” — an ocean thermal energy conversion facility; “Governor” — the State Governor or the person legally acting in that role under this chapter; “high seas” — ocean areas beyond the territorial sea of the United States and outside the territorial sea, as recognized by the United States, of any other nation; “licensee” — the holder of a valid license for ownership, construction, and operation of a facility or plantship issued, transferred, or renewed under this chapter; “ocean thermal energy conversion facility” — a fixed or moored installation seaward of the highwater mark that uses ocean temperature differences to make electricity or other usable energy, including on-site equipment and cables or pipelines that are seaward of the highwater mark; “ocean thermal energy conversion plantship” — a vessel that uses ocean temperature differences while floating or moving to make electricity or other usable energy, including on-board equipment for making or transferring products and related gear; “plantship” — an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship; “person” — any individual, company, partnership, association, other entity, or any government or government entity; “State” — the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and any other U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession; “test platform” — a floating or moored platform, barge, ship, or vessel made for limited at-sea testing that will not become a full facility or plantship after tests end; “thermal plume” — the ocean area where a noticeable temperature change, as defined by Administrator rules, happens because of a facility’s or plantship’s operation; “United States citizen” — (A) any individual who is a U.S. citizen by law, birth, or naturalization; (B) any Federal, State, or local U.S. government or its entity; or (C) any U.S. or State-organized company or entity whose president (or similar executive) and chairman (or similar officer) are U.S. citizens and that has no more non-U.S. citizen directors than a minority of the number needed for a quorum.