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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.
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.
Navigability also depends on context: a small river may be navigable by smaller craft such as a motorboat or a kayak, but unnavigable by a larger freighter or cruise ship. Shallow rivers may be made navigable by the installation of locks that regulate flow and increase upstream water level, or by dredging that deepens parts of the stream bed.
Coastal Zone Management Act: Permits will not be issued unless the permitees certifies that proposed activities, which would affect land or water use in coastal zones, comply with the Coastal Zone Management Act. [46] Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: Prohibits issuance of permit for water resources projects that will have a direct, adverse effect on ...
The first environmental statute was the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, which has been largely superseded by the Clean Water Act (CWA). However, most current major environmental statutes, such as the federal statutes listed above, were passed in the time spanning the late 1960s through the early 1980s.