[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR329.1]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 329_DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec.  329.1  Purpose.









Sec.

329.1 Purpose.

329.2 Applicability.

329.3 General policies.

329.4 General definition.

329.5 General scope of determination.

329.6 Interstate or foreign commerce.

329.7 Intrastate or interstate nature of waterway.

329.8 Improved or natural conditions of the waterbody.

329.9 Time at which commerce exists or determination is made.

329.10 Existence of obstructions.

329.11 Geographic and jurisdictional limits of rivers and lakes.

329.12 Geographic and jurisdictional limits of oceanic and tidal waters.

329.13 Geographic limits: Shifting boundaries.

329.14 Determination of navigability.

329.15 Inquiries regarding determinations.

329.16 Use and maintenance of lists of determinations.



    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.



    Source: 51 FR 41251, Nov. 13, 1986, unless otherwise noted.





    This regulation defines the term ``navigable waters of the United 

States'' as it is used to define authorities of the Corps of Engineers. 

It also prescribes the policy, practice and procedure to be used in 

determining the extent of the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers and 

in answering inquiries concerning ``navigable waters of the United 

States.'' This definition does not apply to authorities under the Clean 

Water Act which definitions are described under 33 CFR parts 323 and 

328.