ELR Citation: ELR 20656
No(s). 73-1458 (2d Cir. Jun 27, 1973)

Proof of a likelihood that refuse discharged into a tributary will reach navigable water is sufficient to sustain a conviction under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The statute's prohibition of discharges that "shall float or be washed" into navigable waters does not require proof that the refus...