Caven Point, New Jersey

  1. Law
  2. USC 33
  3. Navigation And Navigable Waters
  4. NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
  5. WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
  6. Caven Point, New Jersey

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§59n–1. Caven Point, New Jersey

That portion of the Hudson River in the New York Bay consisting of-

(1) all that piece or parcel of land, containing 120.54 acres, situate, lying and being in the city of Jersey City, Hudson County, State of New Jersey, upon or around that certain lot or piece of land known as the Caven Point Area; and

(2) all that piece or parcel of land, containing 18 acres more or less, situate on the northwesterly side of New Jersey State Highway Route 185,


more particularly described in the Congressional Record dated March 11, 1986, pages S2446–2447, 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, except for the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.].

( Pub. L. 99–662, title XI, §1118, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4237 .)

References in Text

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816 , which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§1251 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables.


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