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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

1,569 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — Regulations by Secretary of the Army for navigation of waters generally
• § 10 — Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
• § 1001 to 1011 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–478, § 12 , Oct. 21, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2303
• § 101 to 113 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 1012 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–551, § 1(9) , Sept. 1, 1966 , 80 Stat. 375
• § 1013 to 1016 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–478, § 12 , Oct. 21, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2303
• § 1051 to 1094 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–75, § 10 , July 27, 1977 , 91 Stat. 311
• § 11 — Authority for compact between Middle Northwest States as to jurisdiction of offenses committed on boundary waters
• § 1101 — Congressional declaration of policy and objectives
• § 1102 — Omitted
• § 1103 — Executive responsibilities; utilization of staff, interagency, and non-Government advisory arrangements; consultation with agencies; solicitation of views of non-Federal agencies
• § 1104, 1105 — Omitted
• § 1106 — Reports to Congress
• § 1107 — Definitions
• § 1108 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1121 — Congressional declaration of policy
• § 1122 — Definitions
• § 1123 — National sea grant college program
• § 1124 — Program or project grants and contracts
• § 1124a — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–160, § 6 , Mar. 6, 1998 , 112 Stat. 24
• § 1125 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–186, § 4(a) , Dec. 4, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1283
• § 1126 — Sea grant colleges and sea grant institutes
• § 1127 — Fellowships
• § 1128 — National Sea Grant Advisory Board
• § 1129 — Interagency cooperation
• § 1130 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–186, § 5(a) , Dec. 4, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1283
• § 1131 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1141 — Definitions
• § 1142 — Establishment of program
• § 1143 — Grants
• § 1144 — Funding
• § 1151 to 1165 — Omitted
• § 1165a — Transferred
• § 1166 to 1175 — Omitted
• § 12 — Port Arthur Ship Canal
• § 1201 — Statement of purpose
• § 1202 — Definitions
• § 1203 — Radiotelephone requirement
• § 1204 — Radiotelephone for exclusive use of master, person in charge, or pilot; frequency listening watch; portable radiotelephone equipment
• § 1205 — Radiotelephone capability; maintenance; restoration; consequences of loss: navigation of vessel
• § 1206 — Exemptions; terms and conditions
• § 1207 — Regulations
• § 1208 — Penalties
• § 121 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 1221 to 1223 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(e) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4264
• § 1223a — Transferred
• § 1224, 1225 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(e) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4264
• § 1226 — Transferred
• § 1227 to 1231 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(e) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4264
• § 1231a — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(6)(A) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4290
• § 1232 to 1232b — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(e) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4264
• § 1232c — Transferred
• § 1233 to 1236 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 406(c) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4266
• § 1251 — Congressional declaration of goals and policy
• § 1252 — Comprehensive programs for water pollution control
• § 1252a — Reservoir projects, water storage; modification; storage for other than for water quality, opinion of Federal agency, committee resolutions of approval; provisions inapplicable to projects with certain prescribed water quality benefits in relation to total project benefits
• § 1253 — Interstate cooperation and uniform laws
• § 1254 — Research, investigations, training, and information
• § 1254a — Research on effects of pollutants
• § 1255 — Grants for research and development
• § 1256 — Grants for pollution control programs
• § 1257 — Mine water pollution control demonstrations
• § 1257a — State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations
• § 1258 — Pollution control in the Great Lakes
• § 1259 — Training grants and contracts
• § 1260 — Applications; allocation
• § 1261 — Scholarships
• § 1262 — Definitions and authorizations
• § 1263 — Alaska village demonstration projects
• § 1263a — Grants to Alaska to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages
• § 1264 — Omitted
• § 1265 — In-place toxic pollutants
• § 1266 — Hudson River reclamation demonstration proj­ect
• § 1267 — Chesapeake Bay
• § 1268 — Great Lakes
• § 1268a — Great Lakes restoration activities report
• § 1269 — Long Island Sound
• § 1270 — Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program
• § 1271 — Sediment survey and monitoring
• § 1271a — Research and development program
• § 1272 — Environmental dredging
• § 1273 — Lake Pontchartrain Basin
• § 1274 — Watershed pilot projects
• § 1275 — Columbia River Basin Restoration
• § 1276 — Enhanced aquifer use and recharge
• § 1276a — San Francisco Bay restoration grant program
• § 1276b — Puget Sound
• § 1281 — Congressional declaration of purpose
• § 1281a — Total treatment system funding
• § 1281b — Availability of Farmers Home Administration funds for non-Federal share
• § 1282 — Federal share
• § 1283 — Plans, specifications, estimates, and payments
• § 1284 — Limitations and conditions
• § 1285 — Allotment of grant funds
• § 1286 — Reimbursement and advanced construction
• § 1287 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1288 — Areawide waste treatment management
• § 1289 — Basin planning
• § 1290 — Annual survey
• § 1291 — Sewage collection systems
• § 1292 — Definitions
• § 1293 — Loan guarantees
• § 1293a — Contained spoil disposal facilities
• § 1294 — Public information and education on recycling and reuse of wastewater, use of land treatment, and reduction of wastewater volume
• § 1295 — Requirements for American materials
• § 1296 — Determination of priority of projects
• § 1297 — Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis
• § 1298 — Cost effectiveness
• § 1299 — State certification of projects
• § 1300 — Pilot program for alternative water source projects
• § 1301 — Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants
• § 1302 — Wastewater efficiency grant pilot program
• § 1302a — Clean water infrastructure resiliency and sustainability program
• § 1302b — Small and medium publicly owned treatment works circuit rider program
• § 1302c — Small publicly owned treatment works efficiency grant program
• § 1302d — Grants for construction and refurbishing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems for individuals with low or moderate income
• § 1302e — Connection to publicly owned treatment works
• § 1302f — Stormwater infrastructure technology
• § 131 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 1311 — Effluent limitations
• § 1312 — Water quality related effluent limitations
• § 1313 — Water quality standards and implementation plans
• § 1313a — Revised water quality standards
• § 1314 — Information and guidelines
• § 1314a — Wastewater technology clearinghouse
• § 1315 — State reports on water quality
• § 1316 — National standards of performance
• § 1317 — Toxic and pretreatment effluent standards
• § 1318 — Records and reports; inspections
• § 1319 — Enforcement
• § 1320 — International pollution abatement
• § 1321 — Oil and hazardous substance liability
• § 1321a — Prevention of small oil spills
• § 1321b — Improved coordination with tribal governments
• § 1321c — International efforts on enforcement
• § 1322 — Marine sanitation devices; discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels
• § 1323 — Federal facilities pollution control
• § 1324 — Clean lakes
• § 1325 — National Study Commission
• § 1326 — Thermal discharges
• § 1327 — Omitted
• § 1328 — Aquaculture
• § 1329 — Nonpoint source management programs
• § 1330 — National estuary program
• § 1341 — Certification
• § 1342 — National pollutant discharge elimination system
• § 1343 — Ocean discharge criteria
• § 1344 — Permits for dredged or fill material
• § 1345 — Disposal or use of sewage sludge
• § 1346 — Coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification
• § 1361 — Administration
• § 1362 — Definitions
• § 1363 — Water Pollution Control Advisory Board
• § 1364 — Emergency powers
• § 1365 — Citizen suits
• § 1366 — Appearance
• § 1367 — Employee protection
• § 1368 — Federal procurement
• § 1369 — Administrative procedure and judicial review
• § 1370 — State authority
• § 1371 — Authority under other laws and regulations
• § 1372 — Labor standards
• § 1373 — Public health agency coordination
• § 1374 — Effluent Standards and Water Quality Information Advisory Committee
• § 1375 — Reports to Congress; detailed estimates and comprehensive study on costs; State estimates
• § 1375a — Report on coastal recreation waters
• § 1376 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1377 — Indian tribes
• § 1377a — Green infrastructure promotion
• § 1381 — Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds
• § 1382 — Capitalization grant agreements
• § 1383 — Water pollution control revolving loan funds
• § 1384 — Allotment of funds
• § 1385 — Corrective action
• § 1386 — Audits, reports, and fiscal controls; intended use plan
• § 1387 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1388 — Requirements
• § 1389 — Clean watersheds needs survey
• § 1401 — Congressional finding, policy, and declaration of purpose
• § 1402 — Definitions
• § 141 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 1411 — Prohibited acts
• § 1412 — Dumping permit program
• § 1412a — Emergency dumping of industrial waste
• § 1413 — Dumping permit program for dredged mate­rial
• § 1414 — Permit conditions
• § 1414a — Special provisions regarding certain dumping sites
• § 1414b — Ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste
• § 1414c — Prohibition on disposal of sewage sludge at landfills on Staten Island
• § 1415 — Penalties
• § 1416 — Relationship to other laws
• § 1417 — Enforcement
• § 1418 — Regulations
• § 1419 — International cooperation
• § 142 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 1420 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1421 — Omitted
• § 143 to 143b — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–131, § 3 , Sept. 24, 1963 , 77 Stat. 194
• § 144 — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–131, § 3 , Sept. 4, 1963 , 77 Stat. 194
• § 1441 — Monitoring and research program