California Fish and Game Code 6615 – Prior to granting conditional approval of an application for partial …
Prior to granting conditional approval of an application for partial removal of an offshore oil structure, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Prepare a plan to manage the offshore oil structure after its partial removal. The plan shall include measures to manage fishery and marine life resources at and around the structure in a manner that will ensure that the net benefits to the marine environment identified pursuant to Section 6613 are maintained or enhanced. Consistent with state and federal law, management measures may include a buffer zone in which fishing or removal of marine life is restricted or prohibited.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 6615
- County: includes city and county. See California Fish and Game Code 32
- Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. See California Fish and Game Code 37
- Fishery: means both of the following:
California Fish and Game Code 94
- Net: means any gear made of any kind of twine, thread, string, rope, wire, wood, or other materials used for the gilling, entangling, trapping, or impounding of fish. See California Fish and Game Code 56
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Fish and Game Code 83
(b) Provide an opportunity for public comment on the application pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
(c) Hold a public hearing in the county nearest to the location of the offshore oil structure that is the subject of the application.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 687, Sec. 1. (AB 2503) Effective January 1, 2011.)