Ind. Code § 14-27-7.3-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 14-27-7.3-2 - "Low head dam"

As used in this chapter, "low head dam" means a manmade in-channel structure in a watercourse that is capable of generating hazardous recirculating currents that pose a risk to public health and safety and causes the watercourse to have a vertical drop of twenty-five (25) feet or less. The term does not include:

(1) a dam with a downstream structure in place to dissipate the hydraulic energy of the water past the crest of the dam; or

(2) ramped impoundments which drop at slopes of five percent (5%) or flatter.

IC 14-27-7.3-2

Added by P.L. 104-2020,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2020.