[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR917.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 917_NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 917.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term Act means the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 
1976, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.).
    (b) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
    (c) The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    (d) The term Office of Sea Grant means the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's Office of Sea Grant, which administers the 
National Sea Grant Program provided for in the Act.
    (e) The term objective of the Act means the objective set forth at 
33 U.S.C. 1121(b) and is ``is to increase the understanding, assessment, 
development, utilization, and conservation of the Nation's ocean and 
coastal resources by providing assistance to promote a strong 
educational base, responsive research and training activities, and broad 
and prompt dissemination of knowledge and techniques.''
    (f) The term ocean and coastal resource(s) is as defined at 33 
U.S.C. 1122(7) and means:

any resource (whether living, nonliving, manmade, tangible, intangible, 
actual, or potential) which is located in, derived from, or traceable 
to, the marine environment.
    Such term includes the habitat of any such living resource, the 
coastal space, the ecosystems, the nutrient rich areas, and the other 
components of the marine environment which contribute to or provide (or 
which are capable of contributing to or providing) recreational, scenic, 
esthetic, biological, habitational, commercial, economic,

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or conservation values. Living resources include natural and cultured 
plant life, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and wildlife. Nonliving 
resources include energy sources, minerals, and chemical substances.

    (g) The term marine environment used in the definition for ``ocean 
and coastal resources'' in Sec. 917.2(e) and used elsewhere in these 
regulations is as defined at 33 U.S.C. 1122(6) and means:

the coastal zone, as defined in Section 304(1) of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(1)); the seabed, subsoil, and 
waters of the territorial sea of the United States; the waters of any 
zone over which the United States asserts exclusive fishery management 
authority; the waters of the high seas; and the seabed and subsoil of 
and beyond the outer Continental Shelf.

    (h) The term person is as defined at 33 U.S.C. 1122(9) and means: 
``any individual; any public or private corporation, partnership, or 
other association or entity (including any Sea Grant College, Sea Grant 
Regional Consortium, education, institute, or laboratory); or any state, 
political subdivision of a state, or agency or officer thereof.''
    (i) The term Sea Grant College is as defined at 33 U.S.C. 1122(10) 
and means: ``any public or private institution of higher education which 
is designated as such by the Secretary . . .'' pursuant to regulations 
promulgated at 15 CFR part 918.
    (j) The term Sea Grant Program is as defined at 33 U.S.C. 1122(11) 
and means: ``any program which'' (1) is administered by a Sea Grant 
College, Sea Grant Regional Consortium, institution of higher education, 
institute, laboratory, or state or local agency; and (2) includes two or 
more projects involving one or more of the following activities in 
fields related to ocean and coastal resources:
    (i) Research,
    (ii) Education,
    (iii) Training, or
    (iv) Advisory services.
    (k) The term Sea Grant Program Directors means the local Directors 
of the Sea Grant coherent area programs, insititutional programs, Sea 
Grant Colleges, and Sea Grant Regional Consortia.
    (l) The term Sea Grant Regional Consortium is as defined at 33 
U.S.C. 1122(12) and means: ``any association or alliance which is 
designated as such by the Secretary . . .'' pursuant to regulations 
promulgated at 15 CFR part 918.
    (m) The term state is as defined at 33 U.S.C. 1122 (14) and means: 
``any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, or any other territory or 
possession of the United States.''
    (n) The term developing foreign nations includes any foreign nation 
other than a foreign nation that is ineligible for designation under 
section 502(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)) as a 
benificiary developing country under Title of that Act.