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Committee advances H397 draft 2.4 adding emergency dam drawdown authority and municipal assistance requirement
Summary
The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee voted to report H397, draft 2.4, favorably after inserting provisions that allow executive-authorized dam drawdowns during imminent flood events and that require the Division of Emergency Management to provide assistance to municipalities to develop and implement plan components.
The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee voted to report H397, draft 2.4, favorably after inserting provisions that allow executive-authorized dam drawdowns during imminent flood events and that require the Division of Emergency Management to provide assistance to municipalities to develop and implement plan components.
The change directs the governor, in consultation with the secretary of natural resources, to be able to authorize waivers permitting dams to draw down water levels in anticipation of a flood event that is “likely to cause substantial damage or injury to persons or property,” and it adds a requirement that the division provide…
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