33 U.S.C. § 421 — Deposit of refuse, etc., in Lake Michigan near Chicago
submitted 116 years ago by ch. 359 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 209 words · no verdicts yet
It's illegal to dump refuse into Lake Michigan near Cook County, Illinois, or Lake County, Indiana. This covers an area within eight miles of shore, with an exception for street and sewer runoff. Violators, including government officers, face a fine of up to $1,000 per offense.
This section makes it illegal to throw, dump, or deposit any kind of refuse into Lake Michigan, at any point across from Cook County, Illinois, or Lake County, Indiana, within eight miles of the shore.
There are two exceptions. First, runoff from streets and sewers that flows into the lake as a liquid is allowed. Second, refuse can be placed if it's kept inside a breakwater built so it can't escape into the lake and cause contamination.
No government officer may dump, or authorize the dumping of, material in violation of this rule.
This restriction does not apply to work done to build, repair, or protect breakwaters and other navigation structures, or work done to get a water supply.
Anyone who breaks this rule commits a misdemeanor, and if convicted, can be fined up to $1,000 for each violation.
It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, discharged, dumped, or deposited, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite or in front of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within eight miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material shall be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not to permit the escape of such refuse material into the body of the lake and cause contamination thereof; and no officer of the Government shall dump or cause or authorize to be dumped any material contrary to the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to work in connection with the construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and other structures built in aid of navigation, or for the purpose of obtaining water supply. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense not exceeding $1,000.
Source credit: (June 23, 1910, ch. 359, 36 Stat. 593.)
- 1910Enacted · Act of June 23, 1910, ch. 359 · 36 Stat. 593
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 359 on 1910-06-23.
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