Submerged Lands

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Soil lying beneath water or on the oceanside of the tideland.

Minerals found in the soil of tidal and submerged lands belong to the state in its sovereign right. The federal government, however, has full control over all the natural resources discovered in the soil under the ocean floor beyond the three-mile belt extending from the ordinary low-water mark along the coast.

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public trust doctrine			In addition to extending the public hearing deadline, he commissioned a report into "all our offshore resources" and vowed to hold meetings around the United States on how to move forward and develop the energy resources in the submerged lands, subsoil and seabed that make up the outer continental shelf. US Interior Secretary blocks sale of offshore oil, gas leases by AFP / AFP Global Edition It forbids harvest from state-owned submerged lands without a lease unless the harvester is removing less than 2,000 pounds of kelp each year for "human consumption," an undefined term. SEAWEED HARVEST SPAWNS TALKS by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Dore, "Valuation of Submerged Lands," The Appraisal journal, (July 2001): 296-300. Estimating rental value for submerged land sites using a model-ratio ... by Shaw, James Haller / Appraisal Journal			subjective belief subjectivity subjoin subjoined subjoiner subjoining subjugate subjugated to subjugation subjunction Sublata causa tollitur effectus Sublata veneratione magistraiuum sublation Sublato fundamento cadit opus Sublato principali tollitur adjunctum sublease sublet Subletting sublevatio sublimate sublime sublunar sublunary submerge submerged Submerged Lands submerse submission Submission of Controversy submission to a court’s jurisdiction submissive submissive to correction submissiveness submit submit a formal request submit for determination submit in evidence submit in judgment to submit oneself to submit the case submit to submit without complaint submittal submitted Subnotations suborder subordinate subordinate group subordinate part subordinate position subordination			SUBMEPP submerge submerge submerge submerge submerge in submerge under submerged submerged submerged Submerged Aeration Filter Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Submerged Aquatic Vegetation/Limerock Submerged arc welding Submerged arc welding Submerged arc welding Submerged Arc-Welding Longitudinal Submerged Attached Growth Reactor submerged breakwater Submerged Chain Conveyor submerged coastal plain Submerged Combustion Vaporizer Submerged Cultural Resources Exploration Team Submerged Cultural Resources Unit submerged culture submerged delivery vehicle submerged fermentation Submerged Fermentation Plant Submerged Groundwater Discharge Submerged Intestinal Bath Submerged Lands Submerged Metal Arc Weld Submerged Operating Envelope Submerged Ordnance Recovery Device Submerged Quench Incinerator submerged screw log submerged shoreline submerged tooth submerged tooth submerged tooth submerged tooth Submerged Turret Loading Submerged Unmanned Recovery Platform submerged weir submerged-arc furnace submerged-arc welding submerged-combustion evaporator submerged-combustion heater submerged-foil hydrofoil submergence submergence submergence submergence submergences submergences submerges submerges submerges submergibility submergible submergible

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