                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAM SAFETY COORDINATION (§ 10.1-611)

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
that 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 consult with the Department
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 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.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 583, § 62.1-115.8; 1986, c. 9; 1988, c. 891; 2012, cc. 70,
230.