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H 4952 - Requries the owner of a dam to provide notification to certain state agencies

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Russell Ott
Last Action: 1/16/2020 - House - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
House Committee: ANREA
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Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the owner of a dam that failed on or after October 1, 2015, and the dam has a public road or highway running across the top of it, to provide written notification to SC DOT and SC DHEC indicating whether the owner plans to repair the dam.

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H 4952 General Bill, By Ott and Henegan
Summary: Dams
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 49-11-235 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE OWNER OF A DAM WHICH FAILS OR FAILED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2015, WHICH HAS A PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY IN THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF IT, MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INDICATING WHETHER OR NOT THE OWNER INTENDS TO REPAIR THE DAM AND THE DATE BY WHICH THE REPAIRS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED, TO PROVIDE THE TIMELINES IN WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION MUST BE PROVIDED, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROCEED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND IN A SPECIFIED MANNER WITH THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY, IF THE DAM OWNER INDICATES THE OWNER DOES NOT INTEND TO REPAIR THE DAM.
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01/16/20House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 396)
01/16/20House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 396)



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