Pub. L. 112-213, tit. VI, sec. 608

DEFINITIONS.

EnactedYear: 2012Length: 155 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 608. DEFINITIONS. Section 7 (33 U.S.C. 1956) is amended—(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “2203 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1914)” and inserting “5 of this Act”;(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:“(3) Marine debris.—The term ‘marine debris’ means any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed 126 STAT. 1579 and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes.”;(3) by striking paragraph (5);(4) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (5);(5) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (4) of this section, by striking “Prevention and Removal”;(6) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:“(6) Severe marine debris event.—The term ‘severe marine debris event’ means atypically large amounts of marine debris caused by a natural disaster, including a tsunami, flood, landslide, or hurricane, or other source.”; and(7) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).
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