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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63179</law_id><section_number>10.1-611</section_number><catch_line>Dam safety coordination</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Flood Protection and Dam Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Dam Safety Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> 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 that are not regulated under this article to the extent the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems necessary; (ii) the maintenance of a repository for record drawings of all such structures to the extent the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems necessary; (iii) the maintenance of an inventory of safety inspection reports for each such structure to the extent the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems necessary; and (iv) the maintenance of a secondary repository for all dam safety emergency action plans, which are primarily filed with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Emergency Management. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consult with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Emergency Management in its planning for impoundment safety and shall provide technical assistance in the preparation, updating, and execution of dam safety emergency action plans. It shall establish uniform maintenance-of-records requirements and uniform inspection standards to be applied to all <span class="dictionary">impounding structures</span> 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.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 583, &#xA7; 62.1-115.8; 1986, c. 9; 1988, c. 891; 2012, cc. 70, 230.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
