Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally
§ 59l. Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers
Statutory text
The prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers in waters of the United States as set forth in sections 403 and 565 of this title shall not apply to any body of water located entirely within one State which is, or could be, considered to be a navigable body of water of the United States solely on the basis of historical use in interstate commerce.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Water Resources Development Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–587 § 154 · 90 Stat. 2917
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 59l
(Pub. L. 94–587, § 154, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2932.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–587, § 154, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2932.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 154. The prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers in waters of the United States as set forth in section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151) and the first section of the Act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 371) shall not apply to any body of water located entirely within one State which is, or could be considered to be a navigable body of water of the United States solely on the basis of historical use in interstate commerce.
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