Sec. 19. UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
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## SEC. 19 UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE AREAS ###
(a)Areas To Be Included as Unusually Sensitive Section 60109(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “have been identified as” and inserting “are part of the Great Lakes or have been identified as coastal beaches, marine coastal waters,”. ###
(b)Unusually Sensitive Areas
(USA)Ecological Resources **[**[49 U.S.C. 60109 note](/us/usc/t49/s60109)**]** — ####
(1)Definitions In this subsection:— #####
(A)Certain coastal waters The term “**certain coastal waters**” means— ######
(i)the territorial sea of the United States; ######
(ii)the Great Lakes and their connecting waters; and ######
(iii)the marine and estuarine waters of the United States up to the head of tidal influence. #####
(B)Coastal beach The term “**coastal beach**” means any land between the high- and low-water marks of certain coastal waters. ####
(2)Revision The Secretary of Transportation shall revise section 195.6(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to explicitly state that the Great Lakes, coastal beaches, and certain coastal waters are USA ecological resources for purposes of determining whether a pipeline is in a high consequence area (as defined in section 195.450 of such title).
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