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Witnesses urge Congress to strengthen watershed and dam rehabilitation programs under PL 566
Summary
Dan Siebert and other witnesses told the subcommittee the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act's programs are critical for flood prevention and water management and recommended increased funding, broader repair authority and reduced administrative barriers for rehabilitation of aging watershed structures.
Dan Siebert, a charter member and former executive director of the National Watershed Coalition, told the subcommittee that the watershed and flood prevention program administered by NRCS is an "often overlooked infrastructure program" that provides flood prevention, water quality protection and agricultural water management across the country.
Siebert described a national inventory of nearly 12,000 watershed structures and said many structures are past their design life. He…
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