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Navigable waters: Traditionally, waters sufficiently deep and wide for navigation by all, or specific sizes of, vessels.
1) As defined by section 101(8) of CERCLA, includes the navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone, and the ocean waters of which the natural resources are under the exclusive management authority of the U.S.
A federal permit authorized by the Clean Water Act, Title IV, which is required for discharge of pollutants to navigable waters of the United States, which includes any discharge to surface waters-lakes, streams, rivers, bays, the ocean, wetlands, ...
permits regulate discharges into navigable waters from all
point sources of pollution, including industries, municipal
treatment plants, large agricultural feed lots and return ...
The Act made it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained under its provisions.
 See also: Table, Environment, Pollutant, National, Water
  
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