(a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with municipalities and other state and federal agencies to carry out this chapter. (b) If the action would conflict with the powers and duties vested in the department, a municipality may not (1) regulate, supervise, inspect, or provide for the regulation, supervision, or inspection of a dam or reservoir; (2) provide for the construction, maintenance, operation, removal, or abandonment of a dam or reservoir; or (3) limit the size of or the amount of water that may be stored in a dam or reservoir. (c) This chapter does not apply to a federally-owned or operated dam or reservoir or a dam or reservoir regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (d) This chapter does not affect the powers of the Department of Environmental Conservation or the Department of Fish and Game.
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