33 U.S.C. § 59q (2024)
This is the official text of 33 U.S.C. § 59q (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Erie Basin, Buffalo Harbor, New York
Official statutory text
That portion of the Erie Basin in the Buffalo Harbor lying within the following described area is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
(Pub. L. 96–520, §1, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3033.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The following described area, referred to in text, refers to the metes and bounds description of that portion of the Erie Basin in the Buffalo Harbor set out in the second paragraph of section 1 of Pub. L. 96–520, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3033–3035, which is not classified to the Code.
(Pub. L. 96–520, §1, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3033.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The following described area, referred to in text, refers to the metes and bounds description of that portion of the Erie Basin in the Buffalo Harbor set out in the second paragraph of section 1 of Pub. L. 96–520, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3033–3035, which is not classified to the Code.
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