33 U.S.C. § 59c — East River, New York

submitted 61 years ago by Pub. L. 89-298 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 74 words · no verdicts yet

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This law declares part of the East River in Manhattan nonnavigable. The area runs between East 17th Street, the 1965 U.S. pierhead line, and East 30th Street. This declaration applies under the Constitution and laws of the United States.

This section declares part of the East River, in New York County, New York, nonnavigable. The covered stretch lies between the south line of East Seventeenth Street, extended eastwardly, the United States pierhead line as it existed on July 1, 1965, and the south line of East Thirtieth Street, extended eastwardly. Within those boundaries, the river is declared not to be a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

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That portion of the East River, in New York County, State of New York, lying between the south line of East Seventeenth Street, extended eastwardly, the United States pierhead line as it existed on July 1, 1965, and the south line of East Thirtieth Street, extended eastwardly, is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–298, title III, § 307, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1094.)

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1965Enacted · Pub. L. 89-298 · 79 Stat. 1094

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