10.1-611 - Dam safety coordination. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-611. Dam safety coordination.

The Board shall coordinate all impoundment safety activities in theCommonwealth, which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the maintenanceof an inventory of all impoundment structures, and of all other similarstructures which are not regulated under this article to the extent the Boarddeems necessary; (ii) the maintenance of a repository for record drawings ofall such structures to the extent the Board deems necessary; (iii) themaintenance of an inventory of safety inspection reports for each suchstructure to the extent the Board deems necessary; and (iv) the maintenanceof a secondary repository for all dam safety emergency action plans which areprimarily filed with the Department of Emergency Management. The Board shallprovide technical assistance in the preparation, updating and execution ofsuch plans. It shall establish uniform maintenance-of-records requirementsand uniform inspection standards to be applied to all impounding structuresin 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 ona cost reimbursable basis at the request of the state agency owning thestate-owned dam or of the licensor of the state-licensed dam.

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