When is Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration (LSA) required?

Fish and Game Code section 1602 requires an entity to notify CDFW prior to commencing any activity that may do one or more of the following:

• Substantially divert or obstruct the natural flow of any river, stream or lake;
• Substantially change or use any material from the bed, channel or bank of any river, stream, or lake; or
• Deposit debris, waste or other materials that could pass into any river, stream or lake.

Please note that "any river, stream or lake" includes those that are episodic (they are dry for periods of time) as well as those that are perennial (they flow year round). This includes ephemeral streams, desert washes, and watercourses with a subsurface flow. It may also apply to work undertaken within the flood plain of a body of water.

   And this material goes into the stream bed when it rains...Are the Liberal Anarchists going to tell God that he needs a permit to let it rain?

They have had a $1140 dollar discharge in affect for a couple years if you apply, the trick is not to apply because they track you down and hassle you  and the fee is for one place on a claim so use unclaimed ground that you or any one else are not responsible for then place your handicap placard on your banker and a copy of the American disabilities act in a plastic bag so it don't get wet and ask them if they are there to help you set up. $4,000 a day penalty on them for not accommodating  you in your hour of need. Tom

   There you go, for those of us with serious medical issues, and I do...I love the idea of fining the USFS & BLM $4000 a day. Lets find a way to make that work. Those Rangers opposed to Gold panning would have to respect your rights. That's awesome.

Especially the ca. fish and game, large targets. Tom 

  You always see settling ponds on the Gold Rush show.

If you read the fine print your not even supposed to pan anything from the bank in the creek let alone dig and put it in a sluice so always dig where the material is wet. In a non motorized area I think you have to be three hundred ft. away and if you are recirculating up on the bank  you are supposed to have a discharge permit to dump the tubs if you read the fine print. I have never been bothered by the feds either face to face but plenty of times by mail because of what claim jumpers and so called environmental people did to make it look like you are trying to destroy the planet, Tom