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2010 SESSION
SB 276 Dam safety; requirements of Soil and Water Conservation Board's Impounding Structure Regulations.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Dam safety. Requires that the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's Impounding Structure Regulations not require any dam in existence or under construction prior to July 1, 2010, that is classified as a high hazard, or is subsequently reclassified as a high hazard dam, to upgrade its spillway to pass a rainfall event that is greater than the maximum rainfall event recorded in Virginia. In addition, a dam would be in compliance with the spillway requirement of the regulations if the dam passes two-thirds of the maximum rainfall event and the dam's owner annually certifies that the dam meets certain specific conditions.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Dam safety. Allows those dams that do not comply with dam safety regulations to continue to operate so long as the owner of the dam has adopted a dam safety emergency action plan. These dams would continue to operate under conditional operation and maintenance certificates without correcting any deficiencies as long as funding is not available through the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund. Once such funding is available the dams will have to comply with all of the dam safety regulations.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Dam safety. Allows those dams that do not comply with dam safety regulations to continue to operate so long as the owner of the dam has adopted a dam safety emergency action plan. These dams could continue to operate without correcting any deficiencies as long as funding is not available through the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund. Once such funding is available the dams will have to comply with all of the dam safety regulations.