---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 59l"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "59l"
heading: "Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/59l"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally"
  - "Subchapter II — Waters Declared Nonnavigable: Change of Name"
---

# §59l. Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers


The prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers in waters of the United States as set forth in sections [403](/usc/33/403.md) and [565](/usc/33/565.md) of this title shall not apply to any body of water located entirely within one State which is, or could be, considered to be a navigable body of water of the United States solely on the basis of historical use in interstate commerce.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–587, § 154, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2932.)