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Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-27-7.3-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. 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.

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