Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1113 – Duties of the department
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1113
- Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, the site on which it is located and appurtenant rights of flowage and access, that impounds or diverts water, and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111Emergency: means breaches and all conditions leading to or causing a breach, overtopping or any other condition in a dam and its appurtenant structures that may be construed as unsafe or threatening to life and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Hazard potential: means the possible adverse incremental consequences that result from the release of water or stored contents due to failure of the dam or misoperation of the dam or appurtenances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, state department, federal department or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111
The department shall inspect existing dams and reservoirs to determine their hazard potential, review the design and construction of new and reconstructed dams, assist dam owners in developing emergency action plans to minimize the effects of dam failure and take all necessary actions in emergency situations of probable dam failure in order to protect life and property. [PL 2001, c. 460, §3 (NEW).]
Except for the Federal Government, a person may not exercise any authority over the emergency regulation or supervision of any dams or reservoirs in the State when that exercise would conflict with the powers and authority vested in the department. [PL 2001, c. 460, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 460, §3 (NEW).