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33 U.S.C. § 59w

Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York

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The two portions of Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York, that are particularly described in Committee Print 99–58 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives are hereby declared to be nonnavigable waters of the United States for purposes of the navigation servitude.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1990–1990 · leading case: United States v. Schmitt, 734 F. Supp. 1035 (E.D.N.Y 1990).
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United States v. Schmitt, 734 F. Supp. 1035 (E.D.N.Y 1990). “LaPerriere’s testimony that “ ‘all of the waters of Jamaica Bay are navigable,’ ” the Gateway Final Environmental Impact Statement (Defendants Exhibit Q), dated August 1979, as well as 33 U.S.C. § 59w “excludes portions of Jamaica Bay from the definition of navigable waters.”
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