33 U.S.C. § 663
Territorial jurisdiction over hydraulic mining; hydraulic mining injurious to navigation prohibited
The jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems in the State of California. Hydraulic mining, as defined in section 668 of this title, directly or indirectly injuring the navigability of said river systems, carried on in said territory other than as permitted under the provisions of this chapter is prohibited and declared unlawful.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: People v. Rinehart, 377 P.3d 818 (Cal. 2016).
People v. Rinehart, 377 P.3d 818 (Cal. 2016). “( 33 U.S.C. §§ 663 , 670-678; see North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co.”
State of California, Ex Rel., State Land Comm'n v. Yuba Goldfields, Inc., 752 F.2d 393 (9th Cir. 1985). “This legislation established the California Debris Commission, a federal agency staffed by members of the Army Corps of Engineers, which was empowered to regulate and oversee hydraulic mining in the Sacramento and Joaquin river systems within the State of California, 33 U.S.C. §…”
Friends of the River v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., 293 F. Supp. 3d 1151 (E.D. Cal. 2018). “The Caminetti Act created the California Debris Commission, "a federal agency staffed by members of the Army Corps of Engineers, which was empowered to regulate and oversee hydraulic mining in the Sacramento and Joaquin river systems within the State of California, 33 U.S.C. §…”
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