Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§666 Noting Conditions of Navigable Channels
Title 33 › Chapter 14— CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 666
Summary
The commission must regularly inspect the river channels that boats can use. By doing cross‑section surveys or other checks, it must find out how hydraulic mining the commission allows, and erosion from natural or other causes, are changing those channels.
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Title 33, §666
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The said commission shall from time to time note the conditions of the navigable channels of said river systems, by cross-section surveys or otherwise, in order to ascertain the effect therein of such hydraulic mining operations as may be permitted by its orders and such as is caused by erosion, natural or otherwise.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 666
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60