[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR233.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 233--404 STATE PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 233.2  Definitions.

    The definitions in parts 230 and 232 as well as the following 
definitions apply to this part.
    Act means the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
    Corps means the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    Federal Indian reservation means all land within the limits of any 
Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States 
Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including 
rights-of-way running through the reservation.
    FWS means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe, band, group, or community 
recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and exercising governmental 
authority over a Federal Indian reservation.
    Interstate agency means an agency of two or more States established 
by or under an agreement or compact approved by the Congress, or any 
other agency of two or more States having substantial powers or duties 
pertaining to the control of pollution.
    NMFS means the National Marine Fisheries Service.
    State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, or an Indian Tribe, as defined in this part, which meet 
the requirements of Sec. 233.60. For purposes of this part, the word 
State also includes any interstate agency requesting program approval or 
administering an approved program.
    State Director (Director) means the chief administrative officer of 
any State or interstate agency operating an approved program, or the 
delegated

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representative of the Director. If responsibility is divided among two 
or more State or interstate agencies, Director means the chief 
administrative officer of the State or interstate agency authorized to 
perform the particular procedure or function to which reference is made.
    State 404 program or State program means a State program which has 
been approved by EPA under section 404 of the Act to regulate the 
discharge of dredged or fill material into certain waters as defined in 
Sec. 232.2(p).

[53 FR 20776, June 1, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 8183, Feb. 11, 1993]