Department of Fish and Game: lake and streambed alteration agreements.

Existing law prohibits a person, state or local governmental agency, or a public utility, from substantially diverting or obstructing the natural flow of, or substantially changing or using any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake, or depositing or disposing of debris, waste, or other material containing crumbled, flaked, or ground pavement where it may pass into any river, stream, or lake, unless prescribed requirements are met, including written notification to the Department of Fish and Game regarding the activity. Existing law requires the department to determine whether the activity may substantially adversely affect an existing fish and wildlife resource and, if so, to provide a draft lake or streambed alteration agreement to the person, agency, or utility. Existing law prescribes various requirements for lake and streambed alteration agreements and generally prohibits the term of an agreement from exceeding 5 years. Existing law authorizes the department to issue an agreement for a term of longer than 5 years if prescribed conditions are satisfied and prohibits the department from extending an agreement for more than 5 years. Existing law authorizes time periods related to lake and streambed alteration agreements to be extended by mutual agreement. This bill would additionally provide for the issuance of a lake or streambed alteration agreement for a term longer than 5 years, and the extension of the term of a lake or streambed alteration agreement for more than 5 years, by mutual agreement.