48                                   Laws of Maryland                          [Ch. 30

Chesapeake Bay at an established line marking Chesapeake Bay
waters between the mean low water mark at Point Lookout, Mary-
land, and Smith's Point, Virginia, as the latter shall be defined
from time to time by boundary compact between Maryland and
Virginia;

(b)  Commission shall mean the Potomac River Basin Commission
created and constituted by this compact, and commissioner shall
mean a member of the Commission;

(c)  Diversion shall mean the transfer of water into or out of the
basin;

(d)  Facility shall mean any real or personal property, within or
without the basin, and improvements thereof or thereon, and any and
all rights-of-way, water, water rights, plants, structures, machinery
and equipment acquired, constructed, operated or maintained for
the use of water resources or related land uses including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any and all things and
appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the collection,
storage, withdrawal, diversion, release, treatment, transmission, sale
or exchange of water; or for navigation thereon; or for the develop-
ment and use of hydroelectric energy and power; or for public
recreational facilities; or for the propagation of fish and wildlife;
or to conserve and protect the water resources of the basin or any
existing or future water supply source, or to facilitate any other
uses of them;

(e)  Federal government shall mean the government of the United
States of America and any appropriate department, agency, com-
mission, bureau, division, branch, or other unit thereof, as the case
may be, but shall not include the District of Columbia;

(f)  Governor shall include the commissioner of the District of
Columbia, or his successor as chief executive of the District of
Columbia;

(g)  Governmental Agencies shall mean the governments of the
United States and the signatory states, their political subdivisions,
and every department, agency, commission, bureau, division, branch
and other unit or instrumentality thereof;

(h) Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation,
joint stock company, firm, society, association or other unincorpo-
rated organization, receiver, trustee, and any officer, agent or em-
ployee of any of the foregoing acting in his capacity as such, but
shall not include governmental agencies or their officers and
employees;

(i) Project shall mean any work, service or activity which is
separately planned, financed, or identified by the Commission, or any
separate facility, or any addition thereto, undertaken or to be under-
taken within a specified area, for the conservation, utilization, devel-
opment or management of water resources and which can be con-
sidered as a separate entity for purposes of evaluation;

(j) State shall include the District of Columbia;

(k) Signatories shall mean the States, District of Columbia and
the United States which have signed this compact and are parties
hereto;