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AB-763 • 2026

Timber harvesting: waste discharge requirements.

Timber harvesting: waste discharge requirements.

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Sponsor
Ward
Last action
Official status
Senate - Environmental Quality
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Plain English Breakdown

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Timber harvesting: waste discharge requirements.

AB 763, as amended, Ward.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 763, as amended, Ward.
  • Timber harvesting: streambed agreement: waste discharge requirements.
  • The Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
  • Existing law prohibits an entity from substantially diverting or obstructing the natural flow of, or substantially changing or using any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, a river, stream, or lake, or deposit or dispose of debris, waste or other materials where it may pass into a river, stream, or lake unless the Department of Fish and Wildlife receives written notification of the activity and the entity has entered into a lake or stream agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Environmental Quality

Official Summary Text

Timber harvesting: waste discharge requirements.