| Chapter 170 |
| 2022 -- S 2181 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/27/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- DAM PERMITS |
Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Anderson, Rogers, Calkin, Archambault, Sosnowski, and Lombardo |
| Date Introduced: February 08, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Title 46 of the General Laws entitled "WATERS AND NAVIGATION" is |
| hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
| CHAPTER 19.1 |
| DAM PERMITS |
| 46-19.1-1. Permits required for certain dams. |
| Any person who owns or operates a dam that has the capacity to store greater than one |
| thousand four hundred (1,400) normal storage acre feet of water shall apply to the director of the |
| department of environmental management for a permit to raise or lower the water level behind the |
| dam. The owner or operator shall apply for a permit, and until such time as a permit is issued by |
| the director, the owner or operator shall operate the dam in a manner that is consistent with historic |
| use as determined by the director. The director may enforce this section in accordance with chapters |
| 17.1 and 17.6 of title 42. This section shall not apply to dams that impound water for a public water |
| supply system as defined in ยง 46-13-2. The department may promulgate rules and regulations to |
| implement the provisions of this chapter. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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