---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 325.9"
title: "33"
number: "325.9"
heading: "Authority to determine jurisdiction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/325.9"
---

# §325.9. Authority to determine jurisdiction.


District engineers are authorized to determine the area defined by the terms “navigable waters of the United States” and “waters of the United States” except:

- (a) When a determination of navigability is made pursuant to [33 CFR 329.14](/cfr/33/329.14.md) (division engineers have this authority); or
- (b) **When EPA makes a section 404 jurisdiction determination under its authority.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.: 33 U.S.C. 1344; 33 U.S.C. 1413.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 41236, Nov. 13, 1986, unless otherwise noted.