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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 58, WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

    Chapter 4: Reservoir, dam restrictions.

      Section: 58:4-8.2: Periodic dam safety inspection and reporting procedure

           The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall, by rule, establish a periodic dam safety inspection and reporting procedure, on an annual or longer term basis, for the owner of any dam meeting the criteria contained in R.S. 58:4-1. The owner shall have a professional engineer inspect the dam and prepare and submit a report containing such information as the commissioner may require, concerning the safety of said dam and appurtenant structures. Every dam which raises the waters of any stream more than 70 feet above its usual mean low-water height or which impounds more than 10,000 acre-feet of water shall be inspected on an annual basis by a professional engineer retained by the owner, in the company of a professional engineer assigned from the Department of Environmental Protection.

L.1981, c. 249, s. 2, eff. Aug. 6, 1981.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:57.






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