CHAPTER 2. Pollution [5650. - 5803.]
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
§§ 5650–5803 · 29 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 5650–5656 · 14 sections
- § 5650 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is unlawful to deposit in, permit to pass into, or place where it can pass into the waters of this state any of…
- § 5650.1 (a) A person who violates Section 5650 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation. (b) The civil…
- § 5651 Whenever it is determined by the department that a continuing and chronic condition of pollution exists, the department shall report that condition to the…
- § 5652 (a) It is unlawful to deposit, permit to pass into, or place where it can pass into the waters of the state, or to abandon, dispose of, or throw away, within…
- § 5653 (a) The use of vacuum or suction dredge equipment by a person in a river, stream, or lake of this state is prohibited, except as authorized under a permit…
- § 5653.1 (a) The issuance of permits to operate vacuum or suction dredge equipment is a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13…
- § 5653.3 Any person required to possess a permit pursuant to Section 5653 shall present his or her dredging equipment for inspection upon request of a state or county…
- § 5653.5 For purposes of Section 5653, “river, stream, or lake” means the body of water at the current water level at the time of the dredging.
- § 5653.7 In the event of an unanticipated water level change, when necessary to protect fish and wildlife resources, the department may close areas that were otherwise…
- § 5653.8 For purposes of Sections 5653 and 5653.3, “person” does not include a partnership, corporation, or other type of association.
- § 5653.9 The department shall adopt regulations to carry out Section 5653 and may adopt regulations to carry out Sections 5653.3, 5653.5, and 5653.7. The regulations…
- § 5654 (a) (1) The director, after a notification of a spill or discharge, as those terms are defined in Section 8670.3 of the Government Code, where any fishing,…
- § 5655 (a) In addition to the responsibilities imposed pursuant to Section 5651, the department may clean up or abate, or cause to be cleaned up or abated, the…
- § 5656 Any recovery or settlement of money damages, including, but not limited to, civil penalties arising out of any civil action filed and maintained by the…
ARTICLE 2. Shellfish Area Contamination §§ 5669–5675 · 7 sections
- § 5669 For purposes of this chapter, “shellfish” means any bivalve mollusk.
- § 5670 It is unlawful to take shellfish used or intended to be used for human consumption from any area from which it shall be determined, as provided in this…
- § 5671 The State Department of Public Health may: (a) Examine any area from which shellfish may be taken. (b) Determine whether the area is subject to sewage…
- § 5672 Upon the determination by the State Department of Public Health that the area is or may be subject to sewage contamination, and that the taking of shellfish…
- § 5673 The fact of posting the notices shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county in…
- § 5674 The State Department of Public Health shall enforce the provisions of this article, and for that purpose the inspectors and employees of that agency may enter…
- § 5675 If examinations are conducted pursuant to this article for purposes of certifying the quality of shellfish-growing waters, certification of water quality shall…
ARTICLE 2.5. Purification of Mollusks §§ 5700–5702 · 4 sections
- § 5700 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 5670, 5672, 8341, and 9050, native and nonnative mollusks may be taken in Districts 12 and 13 and moved to other areas to be…
- § 5701 (a) The State Department of Public Health may make sanitary surveys of mollusk-growing areas or may use sanitary surveys of mollusk-growing areas made by…
- § 5701.5 If examinations are conducted by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to this article for purposes of certifying the quality of shellfish-growing…
- § 5702 Any person who moves any native mollusks taken under regulations of the commission from Districts 12 and 13 for purposes of purification for human consumption…
ARTICLE 3. Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District §§ 5800–5803 · 4 sections
- § 5800 (a) It is unlawful to conduct any mining operation in the Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District between July 1 and November 30, except when the…
- § 5801 Section 5800 does not affect any other laws applying to the territory included in the Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District which relate to birds,…
- § 5802 Section 5800 does not apply to the construction, repair, or maintenance of public works by the Federal or State Government, or any political subdivision…
- § 5803 No provision of this article is a limitation on the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board or any California Regional Water Quality Control Board…