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DNR seeks funds to repair high‑hazard dams, finish statewide flood mapping and support fisheries; asks $13.33M FEMA match authority
Summary
The Department of Natural Resources presented a detailed budget that includes funding to repair the breached Lake Paul Wallace dam in Bennettsville, complete statewide flood inundation modeling, support a flounder hatchery program and secure $13.33 million in state matching funds for FEMA Swift Current disaster grants.
Shannon Bobert, chief of staff for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), briefed the House subcommittee on the department’s budget priorities, emphasizing infrastructure repairs, flood planning, staffing and two conservation land matters.
Dams and flood risk: Bobert described priority funding for high‑hazard dam repairs, citing Lake Paul Wallace in Bennettsville, which breached on May 6, 2024. She said engineering estimates place repairs for that dam at roughly $25,000,000 and told the committee the dam supplies recreation and drinking water and is “extremely important to me and to my constituents.” DNR also listed smaller dam projects: Mountain Lakes 1 and 2 (estimated $2,000,000) and Lake Brown in Barnwell County (study and minor repairs estimated $755,000).
Flood modeling: DNR requested $4.5 million…
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