Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 5. RIVERS AND RIVER BASINS · Part 3. DAM SAFETY

12-5-377. Dam removal.

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(a)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any dam for which a permit is required by this part to remove the dam without the approval of the director.#
(b)
Prior to the commencement of removing any such dam, such owner or operator shall apply to the director on forms supplied by the division for permission to remove the dam.#
(c)
Within 60 days after the receipt of a completed application for removal, the director shall approve, or approve subject to appropriate conditions, the applicant’s request for removal.#
(d)
Upon receipt of approval for removal, the removal shall be commenced as soon as practicable; and the impoundment shall be drained and the structure permanently breached.#
(e)
Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the owner or operator of any impoundment from draining such impoundment without authorization from the director.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1978, p. 795, § 8.

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