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Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights: - Entitlement of a land owner to certain uses of water on or bordering the property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream waters. Generally a matter of state law. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Riparian Rights:: |
Hamilton Spectator,With its sprawling estates and breathtaking vistas of Lake Ontario, it still attracts high rollers drawn to expansive views as well as "full riparian rights
Water rights can’t be reserved - Jul 23, 2008
Wisconsin Law Journal,Nevertheless, it held, “To permit the reservation by easement of riparian rights upon transfer of title to riparian lands would be contrary to the
Lake Minocqua condo owners place pier off town property - Aug 1, 2008
Lakeland Times,At the town's urging, a permit condition prohibited any recurring riparian rights or access to be associated with the property.
Commissioners mull riparian rights policy - Jul 16, 2008
Jamestown Press,By Sam Bari The commissioners discussed at length the sometimes murky policy for riparian rights at the July 9 Harbor Management Commission meeting.
Water use rights can’t be sold - Jul 9, 2008
Wisconsin Law Journal,Because the right to place a pier necessarily includes the right to use it, the court concluded that both pier placement and use are riparian rights subject
Precedent could be set with ruling on easement - Jul 20, 2008
New Bern Sun Journal,The state's expert on riparian rights, Joseph Kalo, says Brown is misinterpreting the case that is the foundation of North Carolina laws that govern public
Downstream view of tri-state water wars - Aug 3, 2008
Newnan Times-Herald,...about the effects of metro Atlanta growth on water supply and demand -- that the truth about riparian rights and realities has gotten all but lost,
Stark risks of looming global water crisis - Jul 25, 2008
Irish Times,They need to realise that climate change is now the ultimate determinant of riparian rights, not the highest altitudes. The potential for political and
South Elgin quarry access fight set for trial - Jul 28, 2008
St. Charles Sun,In September 2001, 16th Circuit Judge Michael Colwell ruled in Nottolini's favor, saying that under a legal concept called "riparian rights," Nottolini had
Will Deadman's Island be saved? - Jul 23, 2008
Gulf Breeze News,...are concerned that two of the oyster reef breakwater structures will impede their ability to access open water, thus violating their riparian rights.
Neighbors spar over Sullivan Cove - Jul 21, 2008
Annapolis Capital,Association leaders also said that even where the waterfront land wasn't in their hands, they held what's called "riparian rights" - essentially the legal
Controversy, thy name is Ringling Causeway Bridge - Jul 31, 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,However, that quickly drew the ire of combative citizens who had riparian rights along the bayfront, so “Mister John� and Owen Burns, who built the bridge
Harsens Island bridge stalled in negotiations - Jul 30, 2008
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers,One objection was the question of riparian rights. The bridge plans interfered with some privately owned property. Verslyte said Stamper told the HITA they
CRMC approves Tiverton marina - Jul 30, 2008
Warren Times Gazette,...the marina docks have been moved inward 35 feet from the boundary with neighbors both north and south to protect those neighbors' riparian rights.
Letters: THE CASINO-SITING WATERS ARE STILL ROILING - Jul 11, 2008
Philadelphia Daily News,Mr. Brennan can keep standing pat if he wants, treating the unresolved problems of traffic, riparian rights and political corruption as old news.
Manatee property transfers - Jul 26, 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Gustin, Abe J. Jr., to Cebert, Dale L., Lots 9, 10, Sleepy Lagoon Park Riparian Rights, $1600000. Hoffman, William Bruce, to Kozikowski, Alexander, Lot 19,
Five vie in primary election for District Court judge - Jul 23, 2008
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription),...and villages and have acquired multiple specialties in related areas which include taxes, zoning, riparian rights, land titles and boundary matters.
Water's edge had us on edge of our seats - Jul 18, 2008
Biloxi Sun Herald,On one side were the obvious economic benefits, the toe of the seawall and riparian rights. On the other were issues of fairness to existing casinos,
Failed Karnataka monsoon leaves Tamil Nadu fields dry - Jul 13, 2008
Thaindian.com,...“At least two of the dams across the Cauvery on the Karnataka side are illegal according to our riparian rights guaranteed since late 19th century.
Md. Court of Appeals rules for owners in pier dispute - 04 Dec 2007
Baltimore Sun,...property expects to obtain riparian rights, unless the conveyance of riparian rights is expressing excluded in the deed," said Frederick C. Sussman,
SugarHouse Casino Awarded Riparian Rights - Nov 28, 2007
Evening Bulletin,Philadelphia - For SugarHouse Casino, the decision over riparian land rights is what kept the future of its development hanging in the balance.
States Spar Over River Rights at High Court - Nov 27, 2007
Law.com (subscription),New Jersey claims that building a wharf or pier is part of the traditional "riparian rights" that belong to the state where the pier begins.
Supreme Court Is Referee in Delaware River Fight - Nov 28, 2007
New York Times,...of New Jersey-based piers and wharves, then the effort in the 1905 compact to preserve New Jersey’s riparian rights was “worthless� and “meaningless.
New Jersey, Delaware argue over planned - Nov 28, 2007
EnergyCurrent,..."Riparian rights" typically include the right of riverbank landowners to construct wharfs and piers to allow access to navigable waters and shipping
GAMBLING WITH FREE SPEECH - Dec 3, 2007
Philadelphia Daily News,But as riparian rights, zoning issues and other legal matters drag through the halls of government and the courts, delaying the building of the two casinos
Supreme Court hears riverfront arguments - Nov 28, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,In an hour-long session, attorneys for the states asserted their riparian rights under the Compact of 1905, as the negotiated agreement in known.
Supreme Court hears Del.-NJ border dispute - Nov 27, 2007
The News Journal,..."You're saying Delaware's environmental laws trump in terms of the riparian rights that New Jersey can grant?" asked Justice Ruth Badder Ginsburg.
Fumo files to block casino 'windfall' - Nov 15, 2007
Philadelphia Daily News,He notes the city hasn't transferred riparian rights in the 29 years since the 1978 law. Gov. Rendell and Mayor Street have endorsed sugarhouse's efforts to
Casino hearing turns sour - Nov 16, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,...dicicco said lawyers for City Council had already drawn up the papers to sue the city if it grants sugarhouse so-called riparian rights to the waterfront
Del., NJ go to Supreme Court - Nov 28, 2007
The News Journal,..."You're saying Delaware's environmental laws trump in terms of the riparian rights that New Jersey can grant?" Ginsburg asked Frederick.
High Court Weighs Border Between NJ, DE - Nov 27, 2007
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com,..."There's no doubt that New Jersey under the compact has the right to grant riparian rights, including wharfing out, that go beyond the low-water mark.
High court to settle fight for the Delaware - Nov 15, 2007
USA TodayNew Jersey retains "riparian rights" — the use of water by those who own land around it. The Supreme Court, which hears arguments Nov.
Congress youth wing protests against AP government - Nov 22, 2007
Newindpress,The government should protect the riparian rights of the people here at any cost.It should obtain a stay order against the move of Andhra Pradesh Government
Bird-refuge fee ruffles locals - Nov 19, 2007
Press of Atlantic City,While there is access to the beach, Laubengeyer noted The Nature Conservancy holds riparian rights to the waterfront and uses of the beach are limited.
DNR responds to critics concerned about CAFO - Nov 17, 2007
Joplin Globe,The DNR said Missouri is a riparian-rights state and that water usage from groundwater is largely unregulated. There are no state laws, rules or regulations
Cheers and jeers at casino hearing - Nov 15, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,City Councilman Frank dicicco said City Council already has drawn up the legal papers to sue the city in the event it grants so-called "riparian" rights to
City still working towards Naples Bay dredging permit, for now - Nov 7, 2007
Naples Daily News,The club is now challenging the city’s application, claiming that its riparian rights have been violated since the “proposed ‘public channel’ has been sized
Drought on agenda as Cagle visits Moultrie - Nov 6, 2007
Moultrie Observer,Cagle said Georgia must fight for riparian rights and protect reasonable access to the water by farmers and everyone else. “As we focus on water in this
Planning Commission Approves Foxwoods - Aug 22, 2007
Evening Bulletin,..."None of our phases will impact riparian rights," Rotwitt said. Under state law, land between the shoreline and the end of existing piers is considered
Water flows past county - Aug 24, 2007
Maui News,That makes more sense than just buying the intakes since acquiring the land around the intakes would give the county riparian rights under a Hawaii Supreme
DEP revising rule on access to waterfront - Aug 16, 2007
Brick Township Bulletin,Eastman, an attorney specializing in riparian rights, explained that the new regulations are pending approval by the DEP and are not laws that are passed by
Judge Rogers assigned case of group's suit over LL plan - Aug 21, 2007
Leelanau Enterprise,The suit cites “Michigan common law of riparian rights� and the Michigan Environmental Protection Act in seeking to have Chester’s ruling overturned.
Commissioner to dedicate parcels on Walker Lake - Aug 21, 2007
Fergus Falls Daily Journal,The easement restricts riparian rights on the shoreline — no docks or removal of emergent vegetation will be allowed. The dedication ceremony, set for 3 pm
Judge or lawmaker? - Aug 1, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press,The plaintiffs claimed the company's fast-pumping wells were lowering the levels of nearby lakes, streams and wetlands and violating their riparian rights.
Ohio Avenue residents voice objections to riverfront signs - Aug 6, 2007
The Review,This, along with the Riparian rights principle used in the eastern US which gives landowners with property adjacent to a body of water the right to
Neighbors at odds over rezoning plea - Aug 5, 2007
Beaufort Gazette,But one homeowner says he just wants his "riparian rights," or the full use of his waterfront property. A positive vote at Monday's planning commission
Suit seeks to sink docks - Aug 4, 2007
Leelanau Enterprise,...among other issues, that allowing a 5-foot boardwalk along the Narrows with 27-foot finger piers represents an "unreasonable use of riparian rights.
Answers sought to flood worries - Aug 3, 2007
Surrey Advertiser,The meeting heard that the issue of maintenance might be complicated by riparian rights, where owners of properties on the banks of watercourses also have
Opposition to pipeline could halt subdivision - Aug 2, 2007
MyTown Bay of Plenty,Cr Guy said estimates had not included some land purchases, paying compensation for loss of riparian rights and connections from the walkway up to 2nd Ave
BILOXI YACHT CLUB SETS SAIL TO NEW SITE - Jul 30, 2007
SunHerald.com,Yacht Club will retain a five-foot strip of land on the north side of US 90 from the current marina to remain upland owners and keep riparian rights.
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