54 U.S.C. § 312505 — Notice of dam construction
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 139 words · no verdicts yet
Before a Federal agency builds a dam or licenses private dam construction, it must notify the Secretary in writing of the site and expected flooding and changes. For smaller reservoirs, the notice rule applies only when surveys find or show possible historical or archeological materials.
(a) In General. Before a Federal agency constructs a dam or licenses a private individual or corporation to construct one, it must give the Secretary* written notice stating the proposed site and the approximate area that construction would flood or otherwise change.
(b) Dams With Certain Detention Capacity or Reservoir. For a flood-water-retarding dam with fewer than 5,000 acre-feet of detention capacity, or any other dam creating a reservoir of fewer than 40 surface acres, this section applies only if the constructing agency’s preliminary surveys find, or evidence is presented to it showing, that historical or archeological materials exist or may be in the proposed reservoir area.
Before any Federal agency undertakes the construction of a dam, or issues a license to any private individual or corporation for the construction of a dam, it shall give written notice to the Secretary* setting forth the site of the proposed dam and the approximate area to be flooded and otherwise changed if construction is undertaken.
With respect to any flood water retarding dam that provides fewer than 5,000 acre-feet of detention capacity, and with respect to any other type of dam that creates a reservoir of fewer than 40 surface acres, this section shall apply only when the constructing agency, in its preliminary surveys, finds or is presented with evidence that historical or archeological materials exist or may be present in the proposed reservoir area.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3256.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3256
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