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between the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the <br /> Environmental Protection Agency, dated November 24, 1971, (Appendix A of <br /> this part). <br /> United States means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of <br /> Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, <br /> American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Island Governments. <br /> Vegetable oil means a non-petroleum oil or fat of vegetable origin, including, but <br /> not limited to, oils and fats derived from plant seeds,nuts, fruits, and kernels. <br /> Vessel means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, <br /> or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, other than a <br /> public vessel. <br /> Wetlands means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or <br /> groundwater at a frequency or duration sufficient to support, and that under <br /> normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted <br /> for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include playa lakes, <br /> swamps, marshes,bogs, and similar areas such as sloughs, prairie potholes, wet <br /> meadows, prairie river overflows, mudflats, and natural ponds. <br /> Worst-case discharge for an onshore non-transportation-related facility means <br /> the largest foreseeable discharge in adverse weather conditions as determined <br /> using the worksheets in Appendix D to this part. <br />