Sec. 502. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 502 DEFINITIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 460lll](/us/usc/t16/s460lll)**]** In this title: ####

(1)Administrator The term “**Administrator**” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. ####

(2)Advisory board The term “**Advisory Board**” means the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board established under section 522. ####

(3)Chairman The term “**Chairman**” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. ####

(4)Eligible employee The term “**eligible employee**” means a person that was, on the date of transfer pursuant to section 541, a full-time or part-time annual employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Recreation Area. ####

(5)Environmental law #####

(A)In general The term “**environmental law**” means all applicable Federal, State, and local laws (including regulations) and requirements related to protection of human health, natural and cultural resources, or the environment. #####

(B)Inclusions The term “**environmental law**” includes— ######

(i)the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 960iet seq.); ######

(ii)the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); ######

(iii)the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); ######

(iv)the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); ######

(v)the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); ######

(vi)the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);

(vii)the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); ######

(viii)the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and ######

(ix)the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). ####

(6)Forest highway The term “**forest highway**” has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code. ####

(7)Governmental unit The term “**governmental unit**” means an agency of the Federal Government or a State or local government, local governmental unit, public or municipal corporation, or unit of a State university system. ####

(8)Hazardous substance The term “**hazardous substance**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). ####

(9)Person The term “**person**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). ####

(10)Pollutant or contaminant The term “**pollutant or contaminant**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). ####

(11)Qualified resident or relative The term “**qualified resident or relative**” means— #####

(A)a former resident of the area within the Recreation Area or the spouse of a former resident of that area; or #####

(B)a widow, widower, or lineal descendant of an individual buried in a cemetery located in the Recreation Area. ####

(12)Recreation area The term “**Recreation Area**” means the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. ####

(13)Release The term “**release**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). ####

(14)Response action The term “**response action**” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601). ####

(15)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Agriculture. ####

(16)State The term “**State**” means the State of Kentucky and the State of Tennessee.

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