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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 8 - VESSEL AND AIRCRAFT GARBAGE
CHAPTER 4 - Violations
Section 16151.
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CA Food & Agri Code § 16151 (2025)
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16151. It is unlawful for any person to throw, discharge, deposit, remove, or carry garbage, or cause, suffer, or procure garbage to be thrown, discharged, deposited, removed, or carried, from any vessel, aircraft, or any other vehicle into any territorial waters, or onto land within the state, except for any of the following:
(a) Immediate burning in incinerators.
(b) Approved treatment or approved disposal under the supervision and pursuant to the regulations of the director.
(c) Delivery to a garbage collector that, for the purpose of accepting garbage, is licensed by the director or by the federal government.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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