33 U.S.C. § 467c

§467c. Determination of danger to human life and property

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U.S.C. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
33 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY

SUBCHAPTER VII - DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM

Sec. 467c - Determination of danger to human life and property

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§467c. Determination of danger to human life and property

For the purpose of determining whether a dam (including the waters impounded by such dam) constitutes a danger to human life or property, the Secretary shall take into consideration the possibility that the dam might be endangered by overtopping, seepage, settlement, erosion, sediment, cracking, earth movement, earthquakes, failure of bulkheads, flashboard, gates on conduits, or other conditions which exist or which might occur in any area in the vicinity of the dam.

(Pub. L. 92–367, §5, formerly §4, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507; renumbered §5 and amended Pub. L. 104–303, title II, §215(c)(3), (7), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3685, 3687.)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions
A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 92–367 was classified to section 467d of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303.

Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–303 inserted section catchline.

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