Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§670 Surrender to United States of right to regulate debris of mine
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 670
Summary
Owners must file a petition that includes a signed, officially acknowledged document, as state law requires, giving the United States the power to make rules and laws (including laws after March 1, 1893) about how mine waste is controlled and how much waste may be produced. They keep the right to use any mining methods that were used in the state on March 1, 1893, so long as those methods do not stop boats from using the rivers.
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Title 33, §670
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Said petition shall be accompanied by an instrument duly executed and acknowledged, as required by the law of the said State, whereby the owner or owners of such mine or mines surrender to the United States the right and privilege to regulate by law, as provided in this chapter, or any law that may be enacted after March 1, 1893, or by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by virtue thereof, the manner and method in which the debris resulting from the working of said mine or mines shall be restrained, and what amount shall be produced therefrom; it being understood that the surrender aforesaid shall not be construed as in any way affecting the right of such owner or owners to operate said mine or mines by any other process or method in use in said State on March 1, 1893: Provided, That they shall not interfere with the navigability of the aforesaid rivers.
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33 U.S.C. § 670
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73