{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s1471","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1471.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1471.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\n(1) \u201ca substance other than convention oil\u201d means those oils, noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances\u2014\n(A) enumerated in the protocol, or\n(B) otherwise determined to be hazardous under\nsection 1473(a) of this title\n(2) \u201cconvention\u201d means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;\n(3) \u201cconvention oil\u201d means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil;\n(4) \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating;\n(5) \u201cship\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and\n(B) any floating craft, except an installation or device engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof;\n(6) \u201cprotocol\u201d means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and\n(7) \u201cUnited States\u201d means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s1471.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1471."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201ca substance other than convention oil\u201d means those oils, noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" enumerated in the protocol, or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" otherwise determined to be hazardous under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1473(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t33/s1473/a","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cconvention\u201d means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cconvention oil\u201d means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cship\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" any floating craft, except an installation or device engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cprotocol\u201d means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s1471/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cUnited States\u201d means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}