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1 " (2) The term 'ocean waters' means any estuarine 



2 area, coastal waters, tlie Great Lakes, and waters above 



3 the Outer Continental Shelf. 



4 "(3) The term 'estuarine area' means an estuary 



5 and those transitional areas which are consistently influ- 



6 enced or aftected by waters from the estuary such as, but 

 "^ not limited to, salt marshes, coastal and intertidal areas, 



8 bay«, harbors, lagoons, inshore waters, and channels. 



9 " (4) The term 'estuary' includes all or part of 



10 the mouth of a navigable or interstate river or stream 



11 or other body of water having an unimpaired natural 



12 connection with the open sea and within which the sea 

 1^ water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived 

 1^ from land drainage. 



15 "(5) The term 'coastal waters' means the waters 



^^ lying seaward of the line of ordinary low water along, 



^"^ that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with 



■^^ the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of 



-^^ inland waters to a distance of three miles from such 



lines. 



" (6) The term 'Outer Continental Shelf means land 



extending from the three mile territorial limit out to the 



200-meter depth contour. 



"(7) The term 'United States' means the States, 



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