41. The justices and the attorneys spent much of the hour-long argument focusing on the phrase " the navigable waters ." 42. In 1794 the Carondelet Canal provided a navigable water link from the neighborhood to the city at the French Quarter. 43. The act gave the Federal Power Commission the authority to license all dams on navigable waters in the United States. 44. As of 2003 the Office of Boating Safety and the Navigable Waters Protection Program were transferred back to Transport Canada. 45. Over time, they allowed gaming casinos to be built on stilts but they still had to be over navigable water . 46. From the tone of their comments, these judges could well decide that " navigable waters " do not include isolated ponds. 47. Thus, what was once a simple question did the tort occur on the navigable waters had become a complicated, multifactor analysis. 48. We could ask a vessel to remain at sea or merely not to use autopilot as it enters our navigable waters . 49. It applies to all vessels operating in U . S . navigable waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ ). 50. The incident's " general features " may be described as damage by a vessel in navigable water to an underwater structure.
