navigable waters

The right of the public to use navigable waters is an ancient one.

In the case of navigable waters, title goes to the average low water mark.

The Federal government got involved due to its responsibility to ensure the safety of navigable waters.

Permits are required for activities that add pollutants to navigable waters.

The case will be heard in admiralty court since the accident took place on navigable waters.

He also built a railroad and dredged a channel to navigable waters.

And - hang on - condominium fever has spread to the navigable waters.

Guns from the fort could reach the island across the navigable waters and hence secured the river.

Federal permits would be required for any development in traditionally navigable waters and adjacent wetlands.

It requires approval for any works that may affect navigation on navigable waters in Canada.

Federal law may preempt state legislation in issues of interstate commerce or navigable waters.

The Corps of Engineers began regulating navigable waters in 1899.

One developer's wetlands are adjacent not to navigable waters, but to their tributaries.

The public trust doctrine limits private property rights to lands submerged by navigable waters.

It can also be about such measurement in navigable waters, as they are necessary for the safe passage of ships and vessels.

Bridges over navigable waters then fell under the jurisdiction of the War Department, which never approved it.

The Corps, which oversees uses of wetlands and navigable waters, said the city should have obtained its permission as well.

There is a considerable body of law, ancient and modern, that gives the public a clear right to use and enjoy navigable waters.

From the tone of their comments, these judges could well decide that "navigable waters" do not include isolated ponds.

But when these obstacles have been overcome, the rivers and lakes afford a vast network of navigable waters.

The commerce clause provides comprehensive powers to the United States over navigable waters.

Inter alia, the treaty guarantees that any navigable waters be "free and open."

But the work has its moments, and when it's done it will provide a clearer picture of the navigable waters surrounding Long Island.

Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters).

The act bars the discharge of pollutants, including dredged or fill material, into "navigable waters."