Safety of Dams: Hearing before the Committee on Interiona and Insular Affaris, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, second session, on S. 3449.July 20, 1972

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Published by U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1972

About this Item

iii, 89 p.; 24 cm. S.3449 was a bill to authorize and direct the Water Resources Council to coordinate a national program to insure the safety of dams and toher water storage and control structures, to provide technical support to state programs for the licensing and inspection of such structures, to encourage adequate state safety laws and methods of implementation thereof, and for other purposes. This hearing was held in the aftermath of several tragic floods, including the Buffalo Creek Valley flood of February 26, 1972 in West Virginia which claimed at least 118 lives and the flood in June, 1972 in the vacinity of Rapid City, South Dakota which killed over 200 people, and involved the failure of the Canyon Lake Dam. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Usual library markings noted. Front page creased.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Safety of Dams: Hearing before the Committee on Interiona and Insular Affaris, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, second session, on S. 3449.July 20, 1972
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1972
• Binding: Wraps
• Edition: Presumed first edition/first printing.