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CONTIGUOUS WATERS [2 records]

Record 1 2020-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

Similarly, "adjacent waters" — including wetlands, ponds, lakes, oxbows, impoundments, and similar waters that are adjacent to traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, the territorial seas, jurisdictional tributaries, or impoundments of these waters — are jurisdictional by the 2015 Clean Water Rule if they meet the rule's established definition. Under the 2015 Clean Water Rule, adjacent means "bordering, contiguous to, or neighboring" one of the aforementioned waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Zone maritime proche des côtes sur laquelle l'État côtier exerce ses compétences.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho del mar
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
DEF

[Aguas] que, hasta una distancia determinada (según las Convenciones Internacionales), bañan las costas de un Estado, el cual tiene sobre ellas determinadas facultades y competencias de dominio y jurisdicción.

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Record 2 1999-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

Designated Waters and Contiguous Waters. 1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the basic charge for a passage, other than a movage, through International District No. 1 or any part thereof and its contiguous waters is $7.24 for each kilometre ($12.06 for each statute mile), plus $161 for each lock transited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Eaux non désignées et eaux limitrophes. 1. (1) Sous réserve du paragraphe (2), le droit de base exigible pour la traversée, à l'exception d'un déplacement, via la circonscription internationale n° 1 ou une partie de celle-ci et ses eaux limitrophes, est de 7,24 $ le kilomètre (12,06 $ le mille terrestre), plus 161 $ pour chaque écluse franchie.

Spanish

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