United StatesProposal would include certain dams in rehabilitation rules
The proposal would include certain high-hazard and small-town earth dams in a rehabilitation provision for aging structures, but the excerpt does not say how work would be funded.
What it does
The proposed text would include certain dams in rules for rehabilitating structural measures near or beyond their expected service life. It does not specify funding.
Argument forIncluding certain small-town earth dams could help communities address structures that have reached or passed their expected service life.
Argument againstDams outside the definition could remain beyond this rehabilitation provision, even when nearby communities also face risks.
More detail
The proposed text would include covered dams in a provision about rehabilitating aging structural measures. Covered dams include eligible high-hazard-potential dams and dams in towns with fewer than 5,000 people whose embankments are more than half compacted earth. The excerpt does not show the full rehabilitation rules or say how projects would be approved or funded.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 28Introduced in HouseLatest
- Sep 28Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Introduced
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