Section 160. Additional operation and maintenance requirements

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A. The owner of an impounding structure shall not, through action or inaction, cause or allow such structure to impound water following receipt of a written report from the owner's engineer that the impounding structure will not safely impound water.

B. In accordance with § 10.1-609.2 of the Code of Virginia, impounding structure owners shall not permit the growth of trees and other woody vegetation and shall remove any such vegetation from the slopes and crest of embankments and the emergency spillway area, and within a distance of 25 feet from the toe of the embankment and abutments of the dam.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR625-01-00 § 3.7, eff. February 1, 1989; amended, Volume 24, Issue 25, eff. September 26, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-605 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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