33 U.S.C. § 501

SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.

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“(a)Short Title.—This title [enacting this section, amending sections 1412 to 1416, 1420, and 1421 of this title, and enacting provisions set out below] may be cited as the ‘National Contaminated Sediment Assessment and Management Act’.“(b)Definitions.—For the purposes of sections 502 and 503 of this title [enacting this section and provisions set out below]—“(1) the term ‘aquatic sediment’ means sediment underlying the navigable waters of the United States;“(2) the term ‘navigable waters’ has the same meaning as in section 502(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(7));“(3) the term ‘pollutant’ has the same meaning as in section 502(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(6)); except that such term does not include dredge spoil, rock, sand, or cellar dirt;“(4) the term ‘contaminated sediment’ means aquatic sediment which—“(A) contains chemical substances in excess of appropriate geochemical, toxicological or sediment quality criteria or measures; or“(B) is otherwise considered by the Administrator to pose a threat to human health or the environment; and“(5) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.