Submerged Lands
SUBMERGED LANDS
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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