non-navigable

Those fears were realized when a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers took away the very identity of the river by declaring all but four miles of it to be "non-navigable."

Lisa Kaas Boyle: Return of the L.A. River Lisa Kaas Boyle 2011

This would be a major setback to the Clean Water Act. The critical issue is whether under the Commerce Clause, Congress has the authority to regulate non-navigable bodies of water within a single state.

The Courts 2009

Those fears were realized when a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers took away the very identity of the river by declaring all but four miles of it to be "non-navigable."

Lisa Kaas Boyle: Return of the L.A. River Lisa Kaas Boyle 2011

Interesting also that the "only way to get around" explanation was perfectly acceptable when it was coming out of Cindy McCain's mouth in regard to Arizona, a state with 1/6th the total landmass of Alaska and only a fraction of Alaska's non-navigable terrain (not to mention outlying islands).

Putting Plane On Ebay Not Even Sarah Palin's Idea? 2009

What more of an opening do those intent on undoing the Clean Water Act need to claim the river is non-navigable?

Steve Fleischli: America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help 2009

It is a 2 km long stretch of river rapids just south of the island, that are essentially non-navigable.

Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname 2008

By removing any reference to the navigability of waters, the legislation is clearly intended to expand federal regulatory authority, and could well provide the basis for asserting federal jurisdiction over some non-navigable waters.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Fixing” the Clean Water Act: 2007

This for the free and non-navigable balloon, though for the airship, carrying means of combustion, and in military work liable to ignition by explosives, the gas helium seems likely to replace hydrogen, being non-combustible.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

Thames, and which streams may properly be regarded as its head-waters: the Churn, especially since the digging of the canal, having a larger flow than the stream from Thames head; but whichever is chosen, the non-navigable portion starts at the same point, and is the third of the divisions into which the valley ranges itself when it is considered in its length, as a highway from the west to the east of

The Historic Thames Hilaire Belloc 1911

Say all we please against the influence of local interests, but the fact remains that no appropriation for the improvement of rivers and harbors, however, imperative, can be passed that does not widely scatter its bounty so as to include a few non-navigable streams and some other unnecessary improvements.

Republican Hand-Book North Carolina. Republican State Executive Committee 1906 N.C. 1906