§672 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The commission must publish a notice describing the petition and a deadline in newspapers: daily for at least 10 days or weekly in at least three issues. While the notice runs, the commission or a committee will inspect the mine. By the deadline, parties may file affidavits, plans, and maps; hearings may be held with notice.

Title 33, §672

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A notice specifying briefly the contents of said petition and fixing a time previous to which all proofs are to be submitted shall be published by said commission in some newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the communities interested in the matter set forth therein. If published in a daily paper such publication shall continue for at least ten days; if in a weekly paper in at least three issues of the same. Pending publication thereof said commission, or a committee thereof, shall examine the mine and premises described in such petition. On or before the time so fixed all parties interested, either as petitioners or contestants, whether miners or agriculturists, may file affidavits, plans, and maps in support of their respective claims. Further hearings, upon notice to all parties of record, may be granted by the commission when necessary.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of the Army by Pub. L. 99–662, title XI, § 1106, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4229, set out as a note under section 661 of this title.

§672 Notice of petition for dumping grounds, etc.; hearing

Summary

Title 33, §672

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

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