33 CFR § 322.4 - Activities not requiring permits.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s322.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 322.4 - Activities not requiring permits."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "322.4"
section_name: "Activities not requiring permits."
chapter_name: "CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
part_number: "322"
part_name: "PERMITS FOR STRUCTURES OR WORK IN OR AFFECTING NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 403."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 41228, Nov. 13, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "322"
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# 322.4 Activities not requiring permits.
(a) Activities that were commenced or completed shoreward of established Federal harbor lines before May 27, 1970 (see 33 CFR 320.4(o)) do not require section 10 permits; however, if those activities involve the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States after October 18, 1972, a section 404 permit is required. (See 33 CFR part 323.)
(b) Pursuant to section 154 of the Water Resource Development Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94-587), Department of the Army permits are not required under section 10 to construct wharves and piers in any waterbody, located entirely within one state, that is a navigable water of the United States solely on the basis of its historical use to transport interstate commerce.