86 



9 



1 to the Great Lakes, 'coastal waters' means those boundary 



2 waters between the United States and Canada lying on the 



3 United States side of the International Boundary between 



4 the United States and Canada. 



5 "(c) The terai 'oceans' means those portions of the 



6 high seas as defined in the Convention on the High Seas 



7 lying seaward of the outer limits of the coastal waters of 



8 the United States. 



9 "(d) The terms 'estuary' and 'estuarine areas' mean 



10 an environmental system consisting of an estuary and those 



11 transitional areas which are consistently influenced or affected 



12 by waters from an estuary such as, but not limited to, salt 



13 marshes, coastal and intertidal areas, bays, harbors, lagoons, 



14 inshore waters, and channels, and the term 'estuary' shall in- 



15 elude aU or part of the mouth of a navigable or interstate 



16 river or stream or other body of water having an unimpaired 



17 natural contiection with the open sea and within which the 



18 sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived 



19 from land drainage. 



20 "(e) The term 'citizen of the United States' means 



21 officers and employees of the United States, or of any 



22 political subdivision thereof, all natural persons who are 



23 citizens of the United States, all partnerships or other 



24 associations which include in their membership one or more 



25 citizens of the United States, and the officers and directors 



