Water Code section 6451


Construction work on such a dam may proceed, if an application for approval thereof is filed, until an order from the department is received approving the dam or specifying how its construction must be made or altered to render it safe. After receipt of an order directing the construction of such a dam, work thereafter must be in accordance with the order.

Source: Section 6451, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=6451.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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