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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1901. Definitions
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this
chapter -
(1) "Antarctica" means the area south of 60 degrees south
latitude;
(2) "Antarctic Protocol" means the Protocol on Environmental
Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in
Madrid, and all annexes thereto, and includes any future
amendments thereto which have entered into force;
(3) "MARPOL Protocol" means the Protocol of 1978 relating to
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, and includes the Convention;
(4) "Convention" means the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, including Protocols I
and II and Annexes I, II, and V thereto, including any
modification or amendments to the Convention, Protocols, or
Annexes which have entered into force for the United States;
(5) "discharge" and "garbage" and "harmful substance" and
"incident" shall have the meanings provided in the Convention;
(6) "owner" means any person holding title to, or in the
absence of title, any other indicia of ownership of, a ship or
terminal, but does not include a person who, without
participating in the management or operation of a ship or
terminal, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a
security interest in the ship or terminal;
(7) "operator" means -
(a) in the case of a ship, a charterer by demise or any other
person, except the owner, who is responsible for the operation,
manning, victualing, and supplying of the vessel, or
(b) in the case of a terminal, any person, except the owner,
responsible for the operation of the terminal by agreement with
the owner;
(8) "person" means an individual, firm, public or private
corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality,
commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate
body;
(9) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating;
(10) "ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever, including
hydrofoils, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft
whether self-propelled or not, and fixed or floating platforms;
(11) "submersible" means a submarine, or any other vessel
designed to operate under water; and
(12) "terminal" means an onshore facility or an offshore
structure located in the navigable waters of the United States or
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and used, or
intended to be used, as a port or facility for the transfer or
other handling of a harmful substance.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, the requirements of Annex V
shall apply to the navigable waters of the United States, as well
as to all other waters and vessels over which the United States has
jurisdiction.
(c) For the purposes of this chapter, the requirements of Annex
IV to the Antarctic Protocol shall apply in Antarctica to all
vessels over which the United States has jurisdiction.
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