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100522 1 (1977-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxte0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RM)SULE 00522 - CA10517131 The Implementation of the National Dan Inspection Act of 1972. narch 15, 1977. 13 pp. Testimony before the House Committee on Government Operations: Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee; by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Water and Water Related Programs (2500). Contact: Community and Economic Developtent Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, ad Energy: Water Resources and Power (3011. Organization Concerned: Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Government Operations: Conservation, Enerqy and Natural Resources Subcoamittee. Authority: National Dam Inspection Act of 1972 (2.L. 92-367). To date, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has made no actual inspections of dams pursuant to the rational Dam Inspection Act of 1972. After the rejection, in December 1972, by the Office of Management and Budget of a dam inspection budget proposal, no appropriation was made under the Act except for collecting inventory on dams. Inventory data were collected that concentrated on location# size, and type of dams. There were inaccuracies and inconsistencies: some dame were listed more than once; sose had incorrect descriptive information; and some dams which should have bc:n listed in the inventcry were not. The Corps# recommendations for a national dam safety plan would require the States to voluntarily make important and expensive improvements tc their programs. Scme proposal for financial or other incentives would be necessary. The estimated cost of the Corps program would be about seven times the amount currently spent for dam safety across the ccuntry. Sizeable costs would also be involved in remedial actions and assistance after dam failures. Alternatives for carrying out a dam safety program include: establishing a national dam safety insurance program; formulating uniform minimum inspection gui4lelines; encouraging Federal and State cooperation; making a safety program prerequisite to Federal funding; selecting a private agency to perform inspections; adopting zoning laws to prevent building downstream from dams; and devising warning ;,ystems for existing communities. (QH)

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