Section 33-10-1 Definitions. - Alabama Statutes

Section 33-10-1

Definitions.

In this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) DEEP DRAFT HARBOR OR TERMINAL. A structure, series of structures or facility of any type located on the continental shelf off the coast, within or without the State of Alabama, and designed to accommodate deep draft vessels carrying petroleum products whose draft is often greater than the depths of United States harbors and waterways commonly used by oceangoing traffic, and such term includes all functionally related structures and facilities which are necessary or useful to the operation of the terminal whether landward or seaward of the main structure or facility. Such structures may be or include a "single-buoy mooring terminal" system, or a "mono-buoy system."

(2) COMMISSION. The Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.

(3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The Executive Director of the Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.

(Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §3.)