FGC § 2150.6

(a) A public or private agency that operates a water supply system and has submitted a control plan to the department, prepared pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2301, shall be exempt from any permit requirement for invasive mussels pursuant to this chapter for maintenance, operational, and research activities within the water supply system, including, but not limited to, removing invasive mussels from pipes, screens, filters, and other infrastructure in accordance with the submitted control plan.

(b) A public or private agency that operates a water supply system and has submitted a control plan to the department, prepared pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2301, shall be exempt from any permit requirement for dead invasive mussels pursuant to this chapter for research, outreach, education, species verification, training, or other purposes deemed by the department to be in the best interest of the state.

(c) An exemption under subdivision (a) or (b) shall remain in effect for a particular public or private agency until the department determines the agency’s control plan does not meet the statutory requirements for control plans or approves the control plan.