Code of Virginia - Title 10.1 Conservation - Section 10.1-611 Dam safety coordination

§ 10.1-611. Dam safety coordination

The Board shall coordinate all impoundment safety activities in the Commonwealth, which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the maintenance of an inventory of all impoundment structures, and of all other similar structures which are not regulated under this article to the extent the Board deems necessary; (ii) the maintenance of a repository for record drawings of all such structures to the extent the Board deems necessary; (iii) the maintenance of an inventory of safety inspection reports for each such structure to the extent the Board deems necessary; and (iv) the maintenance of a secondary repository for all dam safety emergency action plans which are primarily filed with the Department of Emergency Management. The Board shall provide technical assistance in the preparation, updating and execution of such plans. It shall establish uniform maintenance-of-records requirements and uniform inspection standards to be applied to all impounding structures in the Commonwealth and to be recommended for all other similar structures. It may inspect or cause to be inspected state-owned or state-licensed dams on a cost reimbursable basis at the request of the state agency owning the state-owned dam or of the licensor of the state-licensed dam.

(1982, c. 583, § 62.1-115.8; 1986, c. 9; 1988, c. 891.)

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