§ 664. — General duties as to plans for protection of navigation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC664]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 14--CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION
Sec. 664. General duties as to plans for protection of
navigation
It shall be the duty of said commission to mature and adopt such
plan or plans, from examinations and surveys made prior to March 1,
1893, and from such additional examinations and surveys as it may deem
necessary, as will improve the navigability of all the rivers comprising
said systems, deepen their channels, and protect their banks. Such plan
or plans shall be matured with a view of making the same effective as
against the encroachment of and damage from debris resulting from mining
operations, natural erosion, or other causes, with a view of restoring,
as near as practicable and the necessities of commerce and navigation
demand, the navigability of said rivers to the condition existing in
1860, and permitting mining by the hydraulic process, as the term is
understood in said State, to be carried on, provided the same can be
accomplished, without injury to the navigability of said rivers or the
lands adjacent thereto.
(Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, Sec. 4, 27 Stat. 507.)
Transfer of Functions
California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to
Secretary of the Army by Pub. L. 99-662, title XI, Sec. 1106, Nov. 17,
1986, 100 Stat. 4229, set out as a note under section 661 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 661 of this title.
