33 U.S.C. § 421 : US Code - Section 421: Deposit of refuse, etc., in Lake Michigan near Chicago

Search 33 U.S.C. § 421 : US Code - Section 421: Deposit of refuse, etc., in Lake Michigan near Chicago

It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or deposit, or
cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, discharged, dumped, or
deposited, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever
other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing
therefrom in a liquid state into Lake Michigan, at any point
opposite or in front of the county of Cook, in the State of
Illinois, or the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within
eight miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material shall
be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not to permit the
escape of such refuse material into the body of the lake and cause
contamination thereof; and no officer of the Government shall dump
or cause or authorize to be dumped any material contrary to the
provisions of this section: Provided, however, That the provisions
of this section shall not apply to work in connection with the
construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and other
structures built in aid of navigation, or for the purpose of
obtaining water supply. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined for each offense not exceeding $1,000.