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SB 1456 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; requires owners of dams to submit annual certifications.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Soil and Water Conservation Board; dam safety.  Requires owners of dams who submit annual certifications relating to dam compliance to do so each year by January 15. Dam owners who fail to submit certifications in a timely fashion shall not enjoy the presumption that the dam is deemed to be in compliance with the spillway requirements of the Board's Impounding Structure Regulations. Dam owners must also make the same certifications available, upon request and within five business days, to any person. At each meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Board, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall identify those impounding structures that are currently classified as high hazard and determined noncompliant.


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