10 CFR § 1005.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s1005.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 1005.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?"
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "1005.2"
section_name: "What definitions apply to these regulations?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)"
part_number: "1005"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E. O. 12372, July 14, 1982, 47 FR 30959, as amended April 8, 1983, 48 FR 15887; sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29182, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1005"
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# 1005.2 What definitions apply to these regulations?
*Department* means the U.S. Department of Energy.
*Order* means Executive Order 12372, issued July 14, 1982, and amended April 8, 1983 and titled “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.”
*Secretary* means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy or an official or employee of the Department acting for the Secretary under a delegation of authority.
*State* means any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.