Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§676 Allotment of expenses for common dumping grounds; location of impounding works
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 676
Summary
If the petition is granted, the commission must set each mine owner's share for needed dams or restraining works; if the petition is filed later or the works were already accepted, the commission must set a reasonable dumping fee and split it proportionally to owners' payments. Maintenance costs are shared by users as the commission decides, and when practical owners must keep the works near or below the mine before main tributaries.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §676
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In case the joint petition referred to in section 671 of this title is granted, the commission shall fix the respective amounts to be paid by each owner of such mines toward providing and building necessary impounding dams or other restraining works. In the event of a petition being filed after the entry of such order, or in case the impounding dam or dams or other restraining works have already been constructed and accepted by said commission, the commission shall fix such amount as may be reasonable for the privilege of dumping therein, which amount shall be divided between the original owners of such impounding dams or other restraining works in proportion to the amount respectively paid by each party owning same. The expense of maintaining and protecting such joint dam or works shall be divided among mine owners using the same in such proportion as the commission shall determine. In all cases where it is practicable, restraining and impounding works are to be provided, constructed, and maintained by mine owners near or below the mine or mines before reaching the main tributaries of said navigable waters.
Legislative History
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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.
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33 U.S.C. § 676
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73