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33 U.S.C. § 421 — Deposit of refuse, etc., in Lake Michigan near Chicago
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It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, discharged, dumped, or deposited, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite or in front of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within eight miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material shall be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not to permit the escape of such refuse material into the body of the lake and cause contamination thereof; and no officer of the Government shall dump or cause or authorize to be dumped any material contrary to the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to work in connection with the construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and other structures built in aid of navigation, or for the purpose of obtaining water supply. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense not exceeding $1,000.
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It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, discharged, dumped, or deposited, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite or in front of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within eight miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material shall be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not to permit the escape of such refuse material into the body of the lake and cause contamination thereof; and no officer of the Government shall dump or cause or authorize to be dumped any material contrary to the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to work in connection with the construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and other structures built in aid of navigation, or for the purpose of obtaining water supply. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense not exceeding $1,000.
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**(a) Impairment of authority or functions of officials and agencies; treaty provisions** This chapter shall not be construed as (1) limiting the authority or functions of any officer or agency of the United States under any other law or regulation not inconsistent with this chapter; (2) affecting or impairing the authority of the Secretary of the Army (A) to maintain navigation or (B) under the Act of March 3, 1899, (30 Stat. 1112); except that any permit issued under [section 1344 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1344&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be conclusive as to the effect on water quality of any discharge resulting from any activity subject to [section 403 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section403&num=0&edition=prelim), or (3) affecting or impairing the provisions of any treaty of the United States.
**(b) Discharges of pollutants into navigable waters** Discharges of pollutants into the navigable waters subject to the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1910 (36 Stat. 593; [33 U.S.C. 421](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section421&num=0&edition=prelim)) and the Supervisory Harbors Act of 1888 (25 Stat. 209; [33 U.S.C. 441–451b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section441–451b&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be regulated pursuant to this chapter, and not subject to such Act of 1910 and the Act of 1888 except as to effect on navigation and anchorage.
**(c) Action of the Administrator deemed major Federal action; construction of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969**
(1) Except for the provision of Federal financial assistance for the purpose of assisting the construction of publicly own
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 421
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the
Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec-
retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July
26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en-
acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010
to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad-
ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the
Army and other offices and officers of Department of
the Army under section 401 of this title to extent that
they relate generally to location and clearances of
bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United
States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Trans-
portation by Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(g)(6)(A), Oct. 15, 1966, 80
Stat. 941, which created Department of Transportation.
Pub. L. 97–449 amended section 401 of this title to re-
flect transfer made by section 6(g)(6)(A) of Pub. L.
89–670, and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).
§ 421. Deposit of refuse, etc., in Lake Michigan
near Chicago
It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge,
dump, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to
be thrown, discharged, dumped, or deposited,
any refuse matter of any kind or description
whatever other than that flowing from streets
and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid
state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite
or in front of the county of Cook, in the State
of Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of
Indiana, within eight miles from the shore of
said lake, unless said mat
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