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The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. [1] The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the United States without a permit; this specific provision is known as the Refuse Act.
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, "An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1121, is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States; this act also made it illegal to dam navigable ...
The Rivers and Harbors Act was passed in 1899 by the Fifty Fifth Congress of the United States of America. The original goal of the bill was to give the U.S. government more legal control over U.S. lakes, rivers, and waterways entering the U.S. by creating quality control standards and regulations to help maintain these standards.
The suit filed by the U.S. Justice Department over the floating buoy barrier system placed in the Rio Grande rests on an 1899 law.
Jan. 22—Political hyperbole aside, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz's concerns raised during a floor speech of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding a bill to protect more than 4,500 miles of rivers ...
The Refuse Act is a United States federal statute governing use of waterways. The Act, a section of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 , prohibited "dumping of refuse " into navigable waters , except by permit.
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1965, Title III of Pub. L. 89–298, was enacted October 27, 1965, by the 89th United States Congress. [1] The act authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous navigation and beach erosion projects. The Flood Control Act of 1965 was also part of Pub. L. 89–298 (Title II).
Logo of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act into law, October 2, 1968. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542 [1]), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a ...