22 CFR § 401.25 - Government brief regarding navigable waters.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s401.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 401.25 - Government brief regarding navigable waters."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "401.25"
section_name: "Government brief regarding navigable waters."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "RULES OF PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Art. XII, 36 Stat. 2453."
regulatory_source: "30 FR 3379, Mar. 13, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "401"
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# 401.25 Government brief regarding navigable waters.
When in the opinion of the Commission it is desirable that a decision should be rendered which affects navigable waters in a manner or to an extent different from that contemplated by the application and plans presented to the Commission, the Commission will, before making a final decision, submit to the Government presenting or transmitting the application a draft of the decision, and such Government may transmit to the Commission a brief or memorandum thereon which will receive due consideration by the Commission before its decision is made final.