Sec. 102. Definitions
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Section 304 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and
(18)as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19), and
(20)respectively; by striking
(6a)The and inserting
(7)The ; in paragraph (2), by striking if any such area is determined by a coastal state to be of substantial biological or natural storm protective value and inserting if any such area is determined by a coastal state, alone or in combination with other such areas, to be of substantial biological, research, geological, hydrological, natural, ecological, storm protective, water quality, or flood risk protective value ; in paragraph (4), by inserting the District of Columbia, after the term also includes ; in paragraph (5)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking any coastal state; and inserting any State: ; by inserting after clause
(iii)the following: Any production, transportation, transfer, or storage of renewable energy. ; and in the matter following clause (iv), (as added by subparagraph (B)), by striking any coastal state and inserting any State ; by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: The term energy facilities — means any equipment or facility which is or will be used primarily— in the exploration for, or the development, production, conversion, storage, transfer, processing, or transportation of, any energy or renewable energy resource; or for the manufacture, production, or assembly of equipment, machinery, products, or devices which are involved in any activity described in clause (i); and includes— electric generating plants; petroleum refineries and associated facilities; gasification plants; facilities used for the transportation, conversion, treatment, transfer, or storage of liquefied natural gas; uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel processing facilities; oil and gas facilities, including platforms, assembly plants, storage depots, tank farms, crew and supply bases, and refining complexes; facilities including deepwater ports, for the transfer of petroleum; facilities for the production, transportation, transfer, or storage of renewable energy; pipelines and transmission facilities; and terminals which are associated with any of the foregoing. ; in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by striking land and water uses and inserting land uses and water uses ; in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by striking from land drainage and inserting from land drainage, or where there is tidal influence without regard to salinity ; in paragraph (12), as redesignated, by striking state's and inserting State's ; in paragraphs (13), (15), and (16), as redesignated, by striking state each place it appears and inserting State ; by inserting after paragraph (16), as redesignated, the following: The term “renewable energy” means any energy that has recently originated from the sun, including direct and indirect solar radiation and intermediate solar energy forms, such as wind, ocean thermal gradients, ocean currents and waves, hydropower, photovoltaic energy, products of photosynthetic processes, organic wastes, and others. ; and by adding at the end the following: The term working waterfront means waterfront lands, waterfront infrastructure, and waterways that are used for a water-dependent commercial activity. .
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