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.
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State of California, Ex Rel., State Land Comm'n v. Yuba Goldfields, Inc., 752 F.2d 393 (9th Cir. 1985).
· cites it 2× “The Caminetti Act had a twofold purpose: (1) to permit hydraulic mining under conditions that would preserve and protect the navigable waters; and (2) to plan works to control the debris and restore the rivers as navigable waterways, 33 U.S.C. §§ 664 , 665, 685. In contemplation…”
Friends of the River v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., 293 F. Supp. 3d 1151 (E.D. Cal. 2018).
· cites it 2× “The Caminetti Act sought to "(1) to permit hydraulic mining under conditions that would preserve and protect the navigable waters; and (2) to plan works to control the debris and restore the rivers as navigable waterways, 33 U.S.C. §§ 664 , 665, 685." Id. The California Debris…”
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