Construction Along Delaware & Schuylkill Rivers

GORNISH, Acting Attorney General, ARENSBERG, Deputy Attorney General,

— You have asked for a clarification of our official opinion no. 77-20 water obstruction permits, dated December 30, 1977, in the light of the authority of the Navigation Commission for the Delaware River and its navigable tributaries and the Director of Commerce for the City of Philadelphia to grant licenses for the construction of facilities in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers below the low-water mark.

Opinion no. 77-20 stated that an applicant for a water obstruction permit for facilities extending below the low-water…