[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC449]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 449. Disposition of dredged matter; persons liable; penalty
All mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, and material of every kind and
description whatever taken, dredged, or excavated from any slip, basin,
or shoal in any harbor subject to this subchapter, and placed on any
boat, scow, or vessel for the purpose of being taken or towed upon the
waters of that harbor to a place of deposit, shall be deposited and
discharged at such place or within such limits as shall be defined and
specified by the supervisor of the harbor, as in sections 443 to 448 of
this title prescribed, and not otherwise. Every person, firm, or
corporation being the owner of any slip, basin, or shoal, from which
such mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, and material shall be taken, dredged,
or excavated, and every person, firm, or corporation in any manner
engaged in the work of dredging or excavating any such slip, basin, or
shoal, or of removing such mud, dirt, sand, or dredgings therefrom,
shall severally be responsible for the deposit and discharge of all such
mud, dirt, sand, or dredgings at such place or within such limits so
defined and prescribed by said supervisor of the harbor; and for every
violation of the provisions of this section the person offending shall
be guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a fine equal to the
sum of $5 for every cubic yard of mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, or
material not deposited or discharged as required by this section.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 4, 25 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 85-802,
Sec. 1(5), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)
References in Text
Sections 443 to 448 of this title, referred to in text, were in the
original ``the third section of this Act'', meaning section 3 of act
June 29, 1888, which enacted sections 443 to 448 of this title. The
provision of section 3 relating to specification of the limits within
which to discharge is classified to section 443 of this title.
