§ 675. — Conditions precedent for commencement of mining operations.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC675]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 14--CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION
Sec. 675. Conditions precedent for commencement of mining
operations
No permission granted to a mine owner or owners under this chapter
shall take effect, so far as regards the working of a mine, until all
impounding dams or other restraining works, if any are prescribed by the
order granting such permission, have been completed and until the
impounding dams or other restraining works or settling reservoirs
provided by said commission have reached such a stage as, in the opinion
of said commission, it is safe to use the same: Provided, however, That
if said commission shall be of the opinion that the restraining and
other works already constructed at the mine or mines shall be sufficient
to protect the navigable rivers of said systems and the work of said
commission, then the owner or owners of such mine or mines may be
permitted to commence operations.
(Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, Sec. 15, 27 Stat. 509.)
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.
