[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 23CFR1.2]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.2  Definitions.

    (a) Terms defined in 23 U.S.C. 101(a), shall have the same meaning 
where used in the regulations in this part, except as modified herein.
    (b) The following terms where used in the regulations in this part 
shall have the following meaning:
    Administrator. The Federal Highway Administrator.
    Advertising policy. The national policy relating to the regulation 
of outdoor advertising declared in title 23 U.S.C. 131.
    Advertising standards. The ``National Standards for Regulation by 
States of Outdoor Advertising Signs, Displays and Devices Adjacent to 
the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways'' promulgated by 
the Secretary (part 20 of this chapter).
    Federal laws. The provisions of title 23 U.S.C., and all other 
Federal laws, heretofore or hereafter enacted, relating to Federal aid 
for highways.
    Latest available Federal census. The latest available Federal 
decennial census, except for the establishment of urban area.
    Project. An undertaking by a State highway department for highway 
construction, including preliminary engineering, acquisition of rights-
of-way and actual construction, or for highway planning and research, or 
for any other work or activity to carry out the provisions of the 
Federal laws for the administration of Federal aid for highways.
    Secondary road plan. A plan for administration of Federal aid for 
highways on the Federal-aid secondary highway system pursuant to 23 
U.S.C. 117.
    Secretary. The Secretary of Transportation.
    State. Any State of the United States, the District of Columbia and 
Puerto Rico.
    Urban area. An area including and adjacent to a municipality or 
other urban place having a population of five thousand or more, as 
determined by the latest available published official Federal census, 
decennial or special, within boundaries to be fixed by a State highway 
department, subject to the approval of the Administrator.

[25 FR 4162, May 11, 1960, as amended at 35 FR 18719, Dec. 10, 1970]