ELR Citation: ELR 20219
No(s). 75-0137 (W.D. Va. Jan 11, 1977)

The Army Corps of Engineers' power to require permits for construction in navigable waters under §§9 and 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 extends to Smith Mountain Lake, an artificial impoundment on the Roanoke River. The history of actual use of the river at Smith Mountain prior to the im...