[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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.''



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    (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, 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.