[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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 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]