Sec. 117. National low-head dam inventory
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The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall— establish and maintain a database containing an inventory of low-head dams in the United States that includes— the location (including global information system information), ownership, description, current use condition, height, and length of each low-head dam; any information on public safety conditions, including signage, at each low-head dam; public safety information on the dangers of low-head dams; and any other relevant information concerning low-head dams; and include in the inventory of dams required by section 6 of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467d ) the information described in paragraph (1).
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall include in the database information described in subsection (a)(1) that is provided to the Secretary by Federal and State agencies pursuant to subsection (a). The Secretary shall make the database established under subsection
(a)publicly available, including on a publicly available website. In this section, the term low-head dam means a manmade structure, built in a river or stream channel, that is designed and built such that water flows continuously over all, or nearly all, of the crest from bank to bank.
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National low-head dam inventory
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