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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0030\">30<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0270\">270<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71315,"section_number":"10.1-607","catch_line":"Safety inspections","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-607\/"},{"id":77589,"section_number":"10.1-608","catch_line":"Unsafe dams presenting imminent danger","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-608\/"},{"id":79239,"section_number":"10.1-609","catch_line":"Unsafe dams presenting nonimminent danger; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-609\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144495,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68429,"identifier":"10.1-607.1","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/2\/10.1-607.1","url":"\/10.1-607.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-607.1\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/2\/10.1-607.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criteria for designating a dam as unsafe","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-607.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Designation of a dam as unsafe shall be based on one or more of the following <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span>: <a id=\"paragraph-247777\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-607.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The dam has serious deficiencies in its design or <span class=\"dictionary\">construction<\/span> or has a physical condition that if left unaddressed could result in a failure that may result in loss of life or significant damage to downstream property. <a id=\"paragraph-247778\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-607.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The design, <span class=\"dictionary\">construction<\/span>, operation, or maintenance of the dam is such that its expected performance during flooding conditions threatens the structural integrity of the dam. <a id=\"paragraph-247779\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-607.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> After completion of the safety inspections pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Safety inspections\" href=\"\/10.1-607\/\">10.1-607<\/a>, or as otherwise informed of an unsafe condition, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall take actions in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Unsafe dams presenting imminent danger\" href=\"\/10.1-608\/\">10.1-608<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Unsafe dams presenting nonimminent danger; civil penalty\" href=\"\/10.1-609\/\">10.1-609<\/a> depending on the degree of hazard and imminence of failure caused by the unsafe condition. <a id=\"paragraph-247780\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-607.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRITERIA FOR DESIGNATING A DAM AS UNSAFE (\u00a7 10.1-607.1)\n\nA. Designation of a dam as unsafe shall be based on one or more of the following\nfindings:\n\n   1. The dam has serious deficiencies in its design or construction or has a\n   physical condition that if left unaddressed could result in a failure that may\n   result in loss of life or significant damage to downstream property.\n\n   2. The design, construction, operation, or maintenance of the dam is such that\n   its expected performance during flooding conditions threatens the structural\n   integrity of the dam.\n\nB. After completion of the safety inspections pursuant to &#xA7; 10.1-607, or as\notherwise informed of an unsafe condition, the Department shall take actions in\naccordance with &#xA7; 10.1-608 or 10.1-609 depending on the degree of hazard\nand imminence of failure caused by the unsafe condition.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 30; 2010, c. 270.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}