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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 9— PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY · SUBCHAPTER I— IN GENERAL · § 403

§ 403. Obstruction of navigable waters generally; wharves; piers, etc.; excavations and filling in

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The creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States is prohibited; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of the Army; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of the Army prior to beginning the same.
(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 10, 30 Stat. 1151; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
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  • Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 10
  • 30 Stat. 1151
  • July 26, 1947, ch. 343
  • 61 Stat. 501
  • act Sept. 19, 1890, ch. 907, § 7
  • 26 Stat. 454
  • act July 13, 1892, ch. 158, § 3
  • 27 Stat. 88
  • act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II
  • act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 641
  • Pub. L. 89–670
  • 80 Stat. 941
  • Pub. L. 97–449
  • section 6(g)(6)(A) of Pub. L. 89–670
  • 134 Stat. 2635
  • section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899
  • section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899
  • 93 Stat. 1373
  • section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102–486
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Obstruction of navigable waters generally; wharves; piers, etc.; excavations and filling in
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ActMar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 10
Stat.30 Stat. 1151
ActJuly 26, 1947, ch. 343
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