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[CITE: 16USC3452]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                    CHAPTER 54--RESOURCE CONSERVATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER IV--RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION REDUCTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3452. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter--
        (1) The term ``area plan'' means a resource conservation and 
    utilization plan which is developed for a designated area of a State 
    or States through a planning process and which includes one or more 
    of the following elements:
            (A) a land conservation element, the purpose of which shall 
        be to control erosion and sedimentation;
            (B) a water management element, the purpose of which shall 
        be to provide for the conservation, utilization, and quality of 
        water, including irrigation and rural water, supplies, the 
        mitigation of floods and high water tables, construction, 
        repair, and improvement of dams and reservoirs, improvement of 
        agricultural water management, and improvement of water quality 
        through control of nonpoint sources of pollution;
            (C) a community development element, the purpose of which 
        shall be the development of natural resources based industries, 
        protection of rural industries from natural resource hazards, 
        development of aquaculture, development of adequate rural water 
        and waste disposal systems, improvement of recreation 
        facilities, improvement in the quality of rural housing, 
        provision of adequate health and education facilities, and 
        satisfaction of essential transportation and communication 
        needs; or
            (D) other elements, the purpose of which may include energy 
        conservation or protection of agricultural land, as appropriate, 
        from conversion to other uses, or protection of fish and 
        wildlife habitats.

        (2) The term ``designated area'' means a geographic area 
    designated by the Secretary to receive assistance under this 
    subchapter.
        (3) The term ``planning process'' means the continuous effort by 
    any State, local unit of government, or local nonprofit organization 
    to develop and carry out effective resource conservation and 
    utilization plans for a designated area, including development of an 
    area plan, goals, objectives, policies, implementation activities, 
    evaluations and reviews, and the opportunity for public 
    participation in such efforts.
        (4) The term ``financial assistance'' means the cost-sharing 
    arrangements that are available under this subchapter through 
    Federal contracts, grants, or loans.
        (5) The term ``local unit of government'' means any county, 
    city, town, township, parish, village, or other general-purpose 
    subdivision of a State, any local or regional special district or 
    other limited political subdivision of a State, including any soil 
    conservation district, school district, park authority, and water or 
    sanitary district, or any Indian tribe or tribal organization 
    established under Federal, State, or Indian tribal law.
        (6) The term ``nonprofit organization'' means any community 
    association, wildlife group, or resource conservation organization 
    that is incorporated and approved by the Secretary for the purpose 
    of providing to any rural area those public facilities or services 
    included in the area plan for such rural area.
        (7) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
        (8) The term ``State'' means the several States, the District of 
    Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the 
    United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
    Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and American 
    Samoa.
        (9) The term ``technical assistance'' means any service provided 
    by personnel of the Department of Agriculture or non-Federal 
    personnel working through the Department of Agriculture, including, 
    but not limited to, inventorying, evaluating, planning, designing, 
    supervising, laying out and inspecting works of improvement, and the 
    providing of maps, reports, and other documents associated with the 
    services provided.
        (10) The term ``works of improvement'' means the facilities 
    installed or being installed in accord with an area plan.

(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1529, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1337.)

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3454 of this title.
