SECTIONS 6400-6407 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 6400-6407

6400. During the construction, enlargement, repair, alteration, or
removal of any dam or reservoir the department shall make continuous
or periodical inspections at state expense for the purpose of
securing conformity with the approved plans and specifications but
shall require the owner to perform at his expense such work or tests
as necessary to disclose information sufficient to enable the
department to determine that conformity with the approved plans and
specifications is being secured.

6401. If, after any inspections, investigations, or examinations,
or at any time as the work progresses, or at any time prior to
issuance of a certificate of approval it is found by the department
that amendments, modifications, or changes are necessary to insure
safety, the department may order the owner to revise the plans and
specifications.

6402. If conditions are revealed which will not permit the
construction of a safe dam or reservoir the approval may be revoked.

6403. In the event that conditions imposed may be waived or made
less burdensome without sacrificing a proper margin of safety, the
department may authorize an owner to revise the plans and
specifications accordingly.

6404. If at any time during construction, enlargement, repair, or
alterations of any dam or reservoir the department finds that the
work is not being done in accordance with the provisions of the
approval and the approved plans and specifications or in accordance
with the approval and revised plans and specifications, it shall give
a written notice and order by registered mail or by personal service
to the owner.

6405. The notice and order shall state the particulars in which the
approval and approved plans and specifications or the approval and
approved plans and specifications as revised are not being or have
not been complied with and shall order the immediate compliance with
the approval and approved plans and specifications or with the
approval and approved revised plans and specifications as the case
may be.

6406. The department may order that no further work be done until
such compliance has been effected and approved by the department.

6407. A failure to comply with the approval and approved plans and
specifications as originally approved or as revised shall render the
approval subject to revocation by the department, if compliance is
not made in accordance therewith after notice and order from the
department as provided in this article.