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Land Resources - Dams

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Dam Safety Program

Mission - To prevent property damage, personal injury and loss of life from the failure of dams.

 Dam Emergency Contact  800-858-0368

Staff Contacts 

 

Proposing to Construct, Repair, Modify or Breach a Dam

Mail ALL permit applications to construct, repair, modify or breach a dam  to:

DENR - Division of Land Resources

Dam Safety

1612 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612

Rules and Regulations

Dam Safety Law of 1967 (as amended through 2011)

House Bill 119, Section 10 - Changes in regulatory authority effective July 1, 2011

 Senate Bill 1004 - Changes in regulatory authority effective January 1, 2010.

Administrative Rules - Title 15A Subchapter 2K: Dam Safety

Emergency Action Planning for dams

NC template for dam owners and emergency responders

NC SIMS Methodology -Simplified Inundation Mapping System

 

Miscellaneous Links

  • What are the parts of a dam? This graphic shows the parts (major elements) of a dam (MS Word, PDF).
  • Image & Video Gallery

Piping Failure  

Overtopping Failure 

Perfect to Imperfect Dam

 Workshop for Dam Owners and Emergency Managers Downloadable files

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