Pub. L. 106-506, sec. 3 (as amended)
DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.—The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Assistant secretary.—The term “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
(3) Chair.—The term “Chair” means the Chair of the Federal Partnership.
(4) Compact.—The term “Compact” means the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact included in the first section of Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233).
(5) Directors.—The term “Directors” means—
(A) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
(B) the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
(6) Environmental improvement program.—The term “Environmental Improvement Program” means—
(A) the Environmental Improvement Program adopted by the Planning Agency; and
(B) any amendments to the Program.
(7) Environmental threshold carrying capacity.—The term “environmental threshold carrying capacity” has the meaning given the term in Article II of the Compact.
(8) Federal partnership The term “Federal Partnership” means the Lake Tahoe Federal Interagency Partnership established by Executive Order 13057 (62 Fed. Reg. 41249) (or a successor Executive order).
(9) Forest management activity.—The term “forest management activity” includes—
(A) prescribed burning for ecosystem health and hazardous fuels reduction;
(B) mechanical and minimum tool treatment;
(C) stream environment zone restoration and other watershed and wildlife habitat enhancements;
(D) nonnative invasive species management; and
(E) other activities consistent with Forest Service practices, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(10) Maps.—The term “Maps” means the maps—
(A) entitled—
(i)
“LTRA USFS–CA Land Exchange/North Shore”;
(ii)
“LTRA USFS–CA Land Exchange/West Shore”; and
(iii)
“LTRA USFS–CA Land Exchange/South Shore”; and
(B) dated January 4, 2016, and on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of—
(i) the Forest Service;
(ii) the California Tahoe Conservancy; and
(iii) the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
(11) National wildland fire code.—The term “national wildland fire code” means—
(A) the most recent publication of the National Fire Protection Association codes numbered 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144;
(B) the most recent publication of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the International Code Council; or
(C) any other code that the Secretary determines provides the same, or better, standards for protection against wildland fire as a code described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(12) Planning agency.—The term “Planning Agency” means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency established under Public Law 91–148 (83 Stat. 360) and Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233).
(13) Priority list.—The term “Priority List” means the environmental restoration priority list developed under section 5(b).
(14) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
(15) Stream environment zone.—The term “Stream Environment Zone” means an area that generally owes the biological and physical characteristics of the area to the presence of surface water or groundwater.
(16) Total maximum daily load.—The term “total maximum daily load” means the total maximum daily load allocations adopted under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)).
(17) Watercraft.—The term “watercraft” means motorized and non-motorized watercraft, including boats, seaplanes, personal watercraft, kayaks, and canoes.
- Public laws referenced
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