[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR401.2]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
CHAPTER IV--JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 
 
PART 401_ANADROMOUS FISHERIES CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND 
 
Sec. 401.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part, terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this 
section.
    (a) Secretary. The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 
Interior, or their authorized representatives.
    (b) Act. The Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 757a 
through 757f.
    (c) Eligible states. Any coastal State of the United States, the 
State of Vermont, and the States bordering the Great Lakes. The area 
within the Columbia River basin is excluded.
    (d) State fishery agency. Any department(s), division(s), commis- 
sion(s), or official(s) of a State empowered under its laws to regulate 
a commercial or sport fishery.
    (e) Non-Federal interest. Any organization, association, 
institution, business, school, individual, or group of individuals, 
municipality and others outside the Federal Government, in addition to 
State fishery agencies, which desire to cooperate within the terms of 
the Act.
    (f) Cooperator. One or more States acting jointly or severally or 
other non-Federal interests, participating in a project agreement or 
grant-in-aid award with the Secretary.
    (g) Anadromous fish. Aquatic, gill breathing, vertebrate animals 
bearing paired fins which migrate to and spawn in fresh water, but which 
spend part of their life in an oceanic environment; also fish in the 
Great Lakes that ascend streams to spawn.
    (h) Application for Federal assistance. A description of work to be 
accomplished, including objectives and needs, expected results and 
benefits, approach, cost, location and time required for completion.
    (i) Project agreement. The formal document executed between the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Cooperator, committing the Cooperator 
to the performance of described activities and the Federal Government to 
participation in the financing of those activities.
    (j) Grant-in-Aid award. The formal document executed between the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Cooperator, committing the Cooperator to 
the performance of described activities and the Federal Government to 
participation in the financing of those activities.