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1 or sewage from vessels within the meaning of section 13 of 



2 said Act. 



3 (d) "United States" includes the several States, the Dis- 



4 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Eico, the 



5 Canal Zone, the territories and possessions of the United 



6 States and the Trust Territor}^ of the Pacific Islands. 



^ (e) "Person" means any private person or entity, any 



8 employee, agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of 



9 any State or local unit of government, or foreign government, 



10 and, except as to the pro^dsions of section 6, any employee, 



11 agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal 



12 Government. 



13 (f) "Dumping" means a disposition of material: Pro- 



14 vided, That it does not mean a disposition of any effluent 

 1^ from any outfall structui'e, or a routine discharge of effluent 

 1° incidental to the propulsion of vessels: And provided fur- 

 1' tlier, That it does not mean the intentional placement of 



any device in the oceans, coastal, or other waters or on the 

 submerged land beneath such waters, for the purpose of 

 using such device there to produce an effect attributable 



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to other than its mere physical presence. 



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(g) "District Court of the United States" includes the 



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District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin 



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Islands, the District Court of the Canal Zone, and in the 



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case of American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the 



