Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§684 Cooperation by Commission with State Authorities

Title 33 › Chapter 14— CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 684

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The commission may meet with California engineers if the State authorizes it to coordinate federal and state plans to protect navigable streams, stop mining debris, and handle reclamation, drainage, and hydraulic mining. It must report results to the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and follow them if he approves.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §684

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For the purpose of securing harmony of action and economy in expenditures in the work to be done by the United States and the State of California, respectively, the former in its plans for the improvement and protection of the navigable streams and to prevent the depositing of mining debris or other materials within the same, and the latter in its plans authorized by law for the reclamation, drainage, and protection of its lands, or relating to the working of hydraulic mines, the said commission is empowered to consult thereon with a commission of engineers of said State, if authorized by said State for said purpose, the result of such conference to be reported to the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and if by him approved shall be followed by said commission.

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. § 684

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60