California Water Code

§ 6160

WAT § 6160 Effective Jun 27, 2017Div. 3 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)An owner of a dam that is regulated by the state is responsible for emergency preparedness with regard to the potential for loss of life and property resulting from the failure of a dam, as defined in Section 6002, or a critical appurtenant structure, as defined in Section 6002.5.

(b)(1) Not later than July 1, 2017, the department shall classify the public safety risk of all state jurisdictional dams, based on downstream hazard potential and reviews of critical appurtenant structures, in accordance with, at a minimum, guidelines set forth by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The department shall notify the owner of a dam of the hazard classification of the owner’s dam.

(2)The department may revise a dam’s classification to reflect changes in downstream population, critical infrastructure, and land use. The department shall notify the affected dam owner of any changes in the hazard classification of the owner’s dam.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 88. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.