ARTICLE 1. General
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
§§ 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…