Section 12016 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1.
12016
. (a) In addition to any other provision of law, any person
who discharges or deposits any substance or material deleterious to
fish, plant, bird, or animal life or their habitat into, or which
threatens to enter, the waters of this state is liable civilly to the
department for all actual damages to fish, plant, bird, or animal
life or their habitat and, in addition, for the reasonable costs
incurred in cleaning up the deleterious substance or material or
abating its effects, or both.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "deleterious substance or
material" does not include substances or materials otherwise
expressly permitted or authorized to be deposited or discharged into
waters of the state by law.