Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 329.4 - General definition.

Navigable waters of the United States are those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently used, or have been used in the past, or may be susceptible for use to transport interstate or foreign commerce. A determination of navigability, once made, applies laterally over the entire surface of the waterbody, and is not extinguished by later actions or events which impede or destroy navigable capacity.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 401
source: 51 FR 41251, Nov. 13, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 329.4