---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 504.2"
title: "46"
number: "504.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/504.2"
---

# §504.2. Definitions.

- (a) Shipping Act of 1984 means the Shipping Act of 1984 ([46 U.S.C. 40101-41309](/usc/46/40101-41309.md)).
- (b) Common carrier means any common carrier by water as defined in section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 ([46 U.S.C. 40102](/usc/46/40102.md)), including a conference of such carriers.
- (c) Environmental impact means any alteration of existing environmental conditions or creation of a new set of environmental conditions, adverse or beneficial, caused or induced by the action under consideration.
- (d) Potential action means the range of possible Commission actions that may result from a Commission proceeding in which the Commission has not yet formulated a proposal.
- (e) Proposed action means that stage of activity where the Commission has determined to take a particular course of action and the effects of that course of action can be meaningfully evaluated.
- (f) Environmental assessment means a concise document that serves to “provide sufficient evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant impact” ([40 CFR 1508.9](/cfr/40/1508.9.md)).
- (g) Recyclable means any secondary material that can be used as a raw material in an industrial process in which it is transformed into a new product replacing the use of a depletable natural resource.
- (h) Marine Terminal Operator means a person engaged in the United States in the business of furnishing wharfage, dock, warehouse or other terminal facilities in connection with a common carrier, or in connection with a common carrier and a water carrier subject to subchapter II of chapter 135 of Title 49, United States Code.
- (i) Commission means the Federal Maritime Commission, including any office or bureau to which the Commission may delegate its environmental policy analysis responsibilities.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 44415, Nov. 6, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 23549, May 3, 1999; 74 FR 50718, Oct. 1, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 553; 46 U.S.C. 305 and 41107-41109; 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(b), and 42 U.S.C. 6362.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44415, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 44415, Nov. 6, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 23549, May 3, 1999; 74 FR 50718, Oct. 1, 2009]