Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§678 Modification and Revocation of Permit to Mine

Title 33 › Chapter 14— CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 678

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The commission can reduce a hydraulic mining permit if river conditions or the capacity of impounding or settling facilities require it. It can suspend the permit until the commission says so to protect rivers or if the tax in section 683 isn't paid within thirty days.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §678

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The said commission may, at any time when the condition of the navigable rivers or when the capacities of all impounding and settling facilities erected by mine owners or such as may be provided by Government authority require same, modify the order granting the privilege to mine by the hydraulic mining process so as to reduce the amount thereof to meet the capacities of the facilities then in use; or, if actually required in order to protect the navigable rivers from damage or in case of failure to pay the tax prescribed by section 683 of this title within thirty days after same becomes due, may revoke same until the further notice of the commission.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1934—Act June 19, 1934, inserted “or in case of failure to pay the tax prescribed by section 683 of this title within thirty days after same becomes due”.

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. § 678

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60