Rivers and Harbors Act

Description

The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) (33 U.S.C. Sec. 401 et seq.) is the initial authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) regulatory permit program to protect navigable waters in the development of harbors and other construction and excavation. Section 10 of the RHA (33 U.S.C. Sec. 403) prohibits the unauthorized obstruction or alteration of any navigable water of the U.S. This section provides that the construction of any structure in or over any navigable water of the U.S., or the accomplishment of any other work affecting the course, location, condition, or physical capacity of such waters is unlawful unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of the Army. The Secretary’s approval authority has since been delegated to the Chief of Engineers. Activities requiring section 10 permits include structures (e.g., piers, wharfs, breakwaters, bulkheads, jetties, weirs, transmission lines) and work such as dredging or disposal of dredged material, or excavation, filling, or other modifications to the navigable waters of the United States.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 RiversAndHarborsAct.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/RiversAndHarborsAct.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59646
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/59646.pdf
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov

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  • rivers and harbors act
  • alaska
  • office of coastal management
  • national ocean service
  • east coast
  • marine boundaries
  • west coast
  • american samoa
  • united states
  • cnmi
  • noaa
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • federal georegulation
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • ocean planning
  • regulation
  • commonwealth of the northern mariana islands
  • marinecadastre
  • national
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • puerto rico
  • georegulation
  • great lakes

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