California Public Resources Code

§ 4676

PRC § 4676Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The director may authorize any work for any purpose authorized by Section 4675 as an exercise of the director’s emergency powers and may request the assistance of any federal agency or person in connection with that work if any of the following conditions exist:

(1)Natural vegetative cover has been denuded to the extent that precipitation may create floods and serious soil depletion and erosion.

(2)The denuded area is of a size, and the topography and soil characteristics of such a nature, that soil loss and floods will have a significant effect upon watershed values and the public health, safety, or welfare.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 350, Sec. 3.