---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 745.323"
title: "40"
number: "745.323"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/745.323"
---

# §745.323. Definitions.


The definitions in [subpart A](/cfr/40/subpartA.md) apply to this subpart. In addition, the definitions in [§ 745.223](/cfr/40/745.223.md) and the following definitions apply:

Indian Country means (1) all land within the limits of any American Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way running throughout the reservation; (2) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or outside the limits of a State; and (3) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.

Indian Tribe means any Indian Tribe, band, nation, or community recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and exercising substantial governmental duties and powers.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 45825, Aug. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605, 2607, 2681-2692 and 42 U.S.C. 4852d.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 9085, Mar. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.