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1 "(6) Program. — The term 'program' means 



2 the Waterways Restoration Program established by 



3 the Secretaiy under subsection (a). 



4 "(7) Secretary. — The term 'Secretary' means 



5 the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the 



6 Chief of the Soil Conservation Service. 



7 "(8) Stream channel quasi-equilibrium. — 



8 The term 'stream channel quasi-equilibrium' means 



9 restoring channel geometries, meanders, and slopes 



10 so that channel dimensions are appropriately sized 



11 to the watershed and its slope, bankfull discharges, 



12 and sediment sizes and transport rates for the pur- 



13 pose of correcting excessive channel erosion and 



14 deposition. 



15 "(9) Watershed council. — The term 'water- 



16 shed council' means a representative group of local 



17 watershed residents (including the private, public, 



18 government, and nonprofit sectors) organized to de- 



19 velop and implement a consensus watershed restora- 



20 tion plan that includes restoration, acquisition, and 



21 other activities. 



22 "(10) Waterway. — The term 'waterway' 



23 means anj' natural, degraded, seasonal, or created 



24 wetland on private or public lands, including rivers, 



25 streams, riparian areas, marshes, ponds, bogs, 



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