California Water Code

§ 8611

WAT § 8611Div. 5 · Part 4 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), prior to construction at a site of a flood control, channel clearance, or bank stabilization project, the board, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Game, shall prepare and adopt a mitigation plan which shall be implemented as part of the project. A mitigation plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)A description of the actions that the board proposes to take to ensure that the project will meet all mitigation standards required by law with the objective of ensuring that the project causes no net loss of riparian, fishery, or wildlife habitat.

(2)A designation of the agency or agencies responsible for implementing and maintaining each mitigation element of the plan.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1488, Sec. 2.