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43 U.S.C. 2003: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 43-PUBLIC LANDSCHAPTER 38-CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

§2003. Definitions

As used in this chapter⁠—

(1)  The term “northern tier States” means the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

(2)  The term “inland States” means those States in the United States other than northern tier States and the States of California, Alaska, and Hawaii.

(3)  The term “crude oil transportation system” means a crude oil delivery system (including the location of such system) for transporting Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, but such term does not include the Long Beach-Midland project.

(4)  The term “Long Beach-Midland project” means the crude oil delivery system which was the subject of, and is generally described in, the “Final Environmental Impact Statement, Crude Oil Transportation System: Valdez, Alaska, to Midland, Texas (as proposed by Sohio Transportation Company)”, the availability of which was announced by the Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on June 1, 1977 (42 Fed. Reg. 28008).

(5)  The term “Federal agency” means an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5.

( Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 503 , Nov. 9, 1978 , 92 Stat. 3158 .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

The definition of “State” in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section.