[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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[CITE: 33CFR209.160]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 209_ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  209.160  The California Debris Commission.



    Section 1 of the Act of Congress of March 1, 1893 (27 Stat. 507; 33 

U.S.C. 661), created the California Debris Commission, consisting of 

three officers of the Corps of Engineers, to regulate under the 

supervision of the Chief of Engineers and direction of the Secretary of 

the Army, hydraulic mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento 

and San Joaquin River systems, California. Under section 9 of the act 

(27 Stat. 508; 33 U.S.C. 669), the individual proprietor or proprietors, 

or in case of a corporation, its manager or agent appointed for that 

purpose, owning mining ground in this territory which it is desired to 

work by the hydraulic process, must file with the Commission a verified 

petition, setting forth such facts as will comply with law and the rules 

prescribed by the Commission. The law contains detailed instructions 

with regard to facts required to be shown by the petitioner and the 

procedure to be followed by the Commission in issuing an order directing 

the methods and specifying the manner in which operations shall proceed. 

Full information on law and procedure can be obtained from the 

Secretary, California Debris Commission, 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, 

California 95814.