California · Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

HNC §134: Every person who throws, deposits, or permits another in his employ to throw or deposit, any sawdust, slabs, or refuse lumber, in any place where it may be carried or fall into the waters of Humboldt

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is a misdemeanor to throw or deposit sawdust, slabs, or refuse lumber where it may enter Humboldt Bay waters without approved structures to prevent escape into the bay's channels.

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Every person who throws, deposits, or permits another in his employ to throw or deposit, any sawdust, slabs, or refuse lumber, in any place where it may be carried or fall into the waters of Humboldt Bay, without first having constructed piers, bulkheads, dams, or other contrivances, approved by the board of supervisors of Humboldt County, to prevent their escape into the channels of the bay, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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