Section 6000.
6000. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
Section 6002.
6002. “Dam” means any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, which does or may impound or divert water, and which either (a) is or will be 25 feet or more in height from the natural bed of the stream or watercourse at the downstream toe of the barrier, as determined by the department, or from […]
Section 6002.5.
6002.5. “Critical appurtenant structure” means a water surface barrier or hydraulic control structure that is 25 feet or more in height, that impounds 5,000 acre-feet of water or more, or that the department determines poses a significant downstream hazard potential. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 84. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
Section 6003.
6003. Any such barrier which is or will be not in excess of six feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or which has or will have a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height, shall not be considered a dam. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
Section 6004.
6004. (a) An obstruction in a canal used to raise or lower water therein or divert water therefrom, a levee, including, but not limited to, a levee on the bed of a natural lake with the primary purpose to control floodwaters, a railroad fill or structure, a road or highway fill or structure, a circular tank […]
Section 6004.5.
6004.5. “Reservoir” means any reservoir which contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
Section 6005.
6005. “Owner” includes any of the following who own, control, operate, maintain, manage, or propose to construct a dam or reservoir: (a)The state and its departments, institutions, agencies, and political subdivisions. (b) Every municipal or quasi-municipal corporation. (c) Every public utility. (d) Every district. (e) Every person. (f) The duly authorized agents, lessees, or trustees of any of the foregoing. […]
Section 6006.
6006. “Alterations,” “repairs,” or either of them, mean only such alterations or repairs as may affect the safety of the dam or reservoir. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
Section 6007.
6007. “Enlargement” means any change in or addition to an existing dam or reservoir, which raises or may raise the water storage elevation of the water impounded by the dam or reservoir. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
Section 6008.
6008. Water storage elevation means that elevation of water surface which could be obtained by the existing dam or reservoir, as previously operated, were there no outflow and were the reservoir full of water. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
Section 6009.
6009. “State jurisdictional dam” means a dam not wholly under the control of the federal government. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 85. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)