Chapter 24, Subchapter II, Section 1166, Subsection (e) · 16 U.S.C. Chapter 24 — CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS

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(e)Neither the United States nor any of its agencies, officers, or employees shall have any liability under this chapter or any other law associated with or resulting from the designing, locating, contracting for, redeveloping, permitting, certifying, operating, or maintaining any solid waste management facility on the Pribilof Islands as a consequence of—

(1)having provided assistance to the State of Alaska under subsection (b); or

(2)providing funds for, or planning, constructing, or operating, any interim solid waste management facilities that may be required by the State of Alaska before permanent solid waste management facilities constructed with assistance provided under subsection (b) are complete and operational.

United States Government work; public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

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Commission
means the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission established pursuant to article V of the Convention.
Convention
means the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals signed at Washington on February 9, 1957, as amended by the protocol signed in Washington on October 8, 1963;
curing
means the performance of those post-harvest activities traditionally performed on the Pribilof Islands, including cooling, washing, removal of blubber, soaking in brine, draining, treating with salt or boric acid, and packing in containers for shipment of fur seal skins.
Fur Seal
means the North Pacific Fur Seal, Callorhinus Ursinus.
Import
means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or not such landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States.
Natives of the Pribilof Islands
means any Aleuts who are permanent residents of the Pribilof Islands, or any organization or entity representing such natives.
North Pacific Ocean
means the waters of the Pacific Ocean north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the Bering, Okhotsk, and Japan Seas.
parties
means the United States of America, Canada, Japan, and Russia (except that as used in subsection (b) of this section, “party” and “parties” refer to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
Person
means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association or any other private entity, or any officer, employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government, of any State or political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign government.
Pribilof Islands
means the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock.
Sealing
means the taking of fur seals.
Secretary
means the Secretary of Commerce.
taking
means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill.