Public Trust Doctrine

Reports

The principle that the government holds title to submerged land under navigable waters in trust for the benefit of the public. thus, any use or sale of the land under water must be in the public interest. nevertheless, there has been a great deal of use for offshore oil drilling, for landfill, and marine shoreline development, in which protection of the public interest has been dubious at best.

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