{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s2802","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2802.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f2802.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of this chapter, the term\u2014\n(1) \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;\n(2) \u201ccoastal ecosystem\u201d means a system of interacting biological, chemical, and physical components throughout the water column, water surface, and benthic environment of coastal waters;\n(3) \u201ccoastal water quality\u201d means the physical, chemical and biological parameters that relate to the health and integrity of coastal ecosystems;\n(4) \u201ccoastal water quality monitoring\u201d means a continuing program of measurement, analysis, and synthesis to identify and quantify coastal water quality conditions and trends to provide a technical basis for decisionmaking;\n(5) \u201ccoastal waters\u201d means waters of the Great Lakes, including their connecting waters and those portions of rivers, streams, and other bodies of water having unimpaired connection with the open sea up to the head of tidal influence, including wetlands, intertidal areas, bays, harbors, and lagoons, including waters of the territorial sea of the United States and the contiguous zone\u201d;\n1\n1 So in original. The closing quotation marks preceding the semicolon probably should not appear.\n(6) \u201cUnder Secretary\u201d means Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s2802.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2802."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccoastal ecosystem\u201d means a system of interacting biological, chemical, and physical components throughout the water column, water surface, and benthic environment of coastal waters;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccoastal water quality\u201d means the physical, chemical and biological parameters that relate to the health and integrity of coastal ecosystems;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccoastal water quality monitoring\u201d means a continuing program of measurement, analysis, and synthesis to identify and quantify coastal water quality conditions and trends to provide a technical basis for decisionmaking;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201ccoastal waters\u201d means waters of the Great Lakes, including their connecting waters and those portions of rivers, streams, and other bodies of water having unimpaired connection with the open sea up to the head of tidal influence, including wetlands, intertidal areas, bays, harbors, and lagoons, including waters of the territorial sea of the United States and the contiguous zone\u201d;\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. The closing quotation marks preceding the semicolon probably should not appear."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. The closing quotation marks preceding the semicolon probably should not appear.","tail":" and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2802/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cUnder Secretary\u201d means Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}