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thermal plume

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42 U.S.C. § 9102 — as used in this chapter

“thermal plume” means the area of the ocean in which a significant difference in temperature, as defined in regulations by the Administrator, occurs as a result of the operation of an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship; and