Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 56 - PUBLIC WORKS
Part III - Flood Control and Water Management
Subpart 1 - Water Resources and Flood Control
Chapter 7 - Dam Safety Program
Subchapter A - Dam Safety
Section III-721 - Enforcement
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-721
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. If any dam or impoundment structure is determined to be unsafe, the Director of Public Works and Flood Control, pursuant to R.S. 38:21-28, shall direct any such repairs or remediations for a dam or impoundment structure as he deems necessary to insure that life and property are not unduly threatened by the impoundment. such remedial action may include:
1. direction
that the water level behind the structure be lowered to a safe level;
or
2. that the impoundment be
completely drained until all necessary corrections to the structure have been
made.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:24.
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