ELR Citation: ELR 20285
No(s). 74-1242 (D.D.C. Mar 27, 1975)

By defining "navigable waters" in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 to mean "waters of the United States," Congress intended to assert federal jurisdiction over the nation's waters to the maximum extent possible under the Commerce Clause. The Army Corps of Engineers' definit...