Refuse Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Refuse Act is a United States federal statute governing use of waterways. The Act, a section of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, prohibited "dumping of refuse" into navigable waters, except b...
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Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or t...
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How Current is This? ... (1) two complete copies of the best edition; or ... (2) if the work is a sound recording, two complete phonorecords of the best edition, together with any printed or other visually perceptible material published with such phonorecords.
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TO: Citizens interested in preventing pollution and enhancing the quality of this Nation's waters through citizen action aiding enforcement of the 1899 Refuse Act.
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How Current is This? ... It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be thrown, discharged, or deposited either from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft of any kind, or from the shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment, ... and it shall not be lawful to deposit,
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ACT OF 1899''). (Sections 9–20). CHAP. 425.—An Act Making appropriations for the .... ment, or mill of any kind, and refuse matter of any kind or descrip- ...
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These two statutes are the Refuse Act of 1899 and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ... The Refuse Act of 1899 is the codified portion of the Rivers and Harbors ...
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Authority of the Corps of Engineers to issue permits for the discharge of refuse matter into or affecting navigable waters under section 13 of the 1899 Act (33 U.S.C. 407; 30 Stat.
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3 Although the Refuse Act was passed in 1899, the. Army Corps of Engineers had never issued a permit ... The Refuse Act of 1899 is a codification of Section ...
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It can easily be argued that these industries violated the Refuse Act (33 USC 407), which is section 13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The Fox River paper mills never received a Refuse Act permit to discharge PCBs.
www.foxriverwatch.com/pcb_pcbs_legal_issues.html