Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Provide for the comprehensive regulation and supervision of dams, reservoirs, water obstructions and encroachments in the Commonwealth in order to protect the health, safety, welfare and property of the people.(2) Assure proper planning, design, construction, maintenance, monitoring and supervision of dams and reservoirs, including preventive measures necessary to provide an adequate margin of safety.(3) Assure proper planning, design, construction, maintenance and monitoring of water obstructions and encroachments, in order to prevent unreasonable interference with water flow and to protect navigation.(4) Protect the natural resources, environmental rights and values secured by PA. CONST. art. I, § 27 and conserve and protect the water quality, natural regime and carrying capacity of watercourses.The provisions of this §105.2 adopted September 10, 1971, effective 9/11/1971, 1 Pa.B. 1804; amended August 11, 1978, effective 8/28/1978, 8 Pa.B. 2229; amended September 27, 1980, effective 9/27/1980, 10 Pa.B. 3843.