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An explanation of the rights of the United States in navigable waters may be found in United States v. Rands, [10] The Commerce Clause confers a unique position upon the Government in connection with navigable waters. "The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable ...
33 U.S.C. ch. 9—Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally; 33 U.S.C. ch. 10—Anchorage Grounds And Harbor Regulations Generally; 33 U.S.C. ch. 11—Bridges Over Navigable Waters; 33 U.S.C. ch. 12—River and Harbor Improvements Generally; 33 U.S.C. ch. 13—Mississippi River Commission
Inland Waterway Connection Sunset on the Intracoastal Waterway. What constitutes "navigable" waters can not be separated from the context in which the question is asked. Numerous federal agencies define jurisdiction based on navigable waters, including admiralty jurisdiction, pollution control, to the licensing of dams, and even property bounda
Water resources policies and authorities: Navigation policy: Cost apportionment of bridge alterations 279 Resource use: Establishment of objectives 320 General regulatory policies 321 Permits for dams and dikes in navigable waters of the United States 322 Permits for structures or work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States 323
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 598 U.S. 651 (2023), also known as Sackett II (to distinguish it from the 2012 case), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that only wetlands and permanent bodies of water with a "continuous surface connection" to "traditional interstate navigable waters" are covered by the Clean Water Act.
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. [1]
The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 [2] is a U.S. federal law that recognized the title of the states to submerged navigable lands within their boundaries at the time they entered the Union. They include navigable waterways, such as rivers , as well as marine waters within the state's boundaries, generally three geographical miles (almost exactly 3 ...
In the case of navigable waters, title goes to the average low water mark. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court defined it as the "ordinary low water mark, unaffected by drought; that is, the height of the water at ordinary stages." [10] Land below the low water mark on navigable rivers belongs to the state government in the case of the 13 original ...