The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Boat--Any vessel or other watercraft, whether moved by oars, paddles, sails, or other power mechanism, inboard or outboard, or any other vessel or structure floating on waters in the state, whether or not capable of self-locomotion, including but not limited to cabin cruisers, houseboats, barges, marinas, and similar floating objects.
2. (2) Clear Lake--That body of water located in Harris and Galveston Counties and commonly referred to as "Clear Lake" and its immediate tributaries including: Clear Creek east of Interstate Highway 45; Cow Bayou south of NASA Road 1; Horsepen and Armand Bayous south of Bay Area Boulevard; Taylor Lake south of Red Bluff Road; and to the confluence with Galveston Bay at the navigation light in Kemah.
3. (3) Designated lake--Any of the waters listed in §321.2(a) of this title (relating to Discharge Prohibited). For on-channel impoundments, this includes the area of the lake at its normal conservation level.
4. (4) Holding tank--Any tank or receptacle used for retaining sewage.
5. (5) Houseboat--Any boat fitted for use as a dwelling or for leisurely cruising, including any barge.
6. (6) Marine sanitation device--Any sanitation device for use on any boat to receive, retain, or dispose of human body wastes.
7. (7) Pump-out facilities--Any pump and hose combination used for the transfer of sewage from boats to a tank or receptacle.
8. (8) Sewage--Human body wastes and the wastes from marine sanitation devices and pump-out facilities.
9. (9) Waters in the state--Lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf of Mexico inside the territorial limits of the state, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, navigable or non-navigable, and including the bed and banks of all watercourses and bodies of surface water, that are wholly or partially inside or bordering the state or inside the jurisdiction of the state.

Source Note:The provisions of this §321.1 adopted to be effective July 3, 1986, 11 TexReg 2893; amended to be effective March 15, 1996, 21 TexReg 1679.