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[CITE: 33USC426h-1]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER 
                         IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
 
Sec. 426h-1. Definitions

    In sections 426e to 426h-1 of this title, the following definitions 
apply:

                     (1) Erosion control program

        The term ``erosion control program'' means the national 
    shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program 
    established under this section.

                            (2) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Army.

                        (3) Separable element

        The term ``separable element'' has the meaning provided by 
    section 2213(f) of this title.

                              (4) Shore

        The term ``shore'' includes each shoreline of the Atlantic and 
    Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and lakes, 
    estuaries, and bays directly connected therewith.

                    (5) Shore protection project

        The term ``shore protection project'' includes a project for 
    beach nourishment, including the replacement of sand.

(Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 960, Sec. 6, as added Pub. L. 104-303, title II, 
Sec. 227(e)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3702.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 426e of this title.
