Section 962. Definitions

As used in this article, the following terms shall
  mean and include:
    1.  "Council"  shall  mean the Long Island South Shore Estuary reserve
  council created by section nine hundred sixty-four of this article.
    2. "Department" shall mean the  secretary  of  state  or  his  or  her
  designee.
    3.  "Estuary" shall mean all or part of the mouth of a river or stream
  or any body of water having an unimpaired natural  connection  with  the
  open  sea  and  within  which  sea  water  is  measurably  diluted  with
  fresh-water derived from land  drainage,  including  associated  aquatic
  ecosystems  and  those portions of tributaries draining into the estuary
  up to the historic  height  of  migration  of  anadromous  fish  or  the
  historic head of tidal influence, whichever is higher.
    4.  "Long  Island South Shore Estuary Reserve" or "Reserve" shall mean
  all the water and underwater lands comprising the  South  Shore  Estuary
  and  the  lands  which  gather  and  transmit  precipitation  as  either
  groundwater or run-off into such system and which are  designated  on  a
  map prepared by a designated planning entity and adopted by the council.
    5.  "South  Shore Estuary" shall mean the Estuary located on the South
  Shore of Long Island  between  the  western  boundary  of  the  Town  of
  Hempstead and the Eastern Boundary of Shinnecock Bay.
    6.  "Plan"  shall  mean  the  comprehensive  management  plan  created
  pursuant to section nine hundred sixty-six of this article.