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Article: REPS. CAPITO, SALAZAR INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO FUND REPAIRS TO HIGH-HAZARD DAMS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. (2nd CD), issued the following news release:
West Virginia stands to benefit from $6.5 million in funding to repair and rehabilitate high-hazard dams under bipartisan legislation introduced today by Reps. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and John Salazar, D-Co.
At a time when more than 180 West Virginia dams are classified as "high-hazard," the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2009 would establish a program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient state and local dams.
Nationwide, the American Society of Civil Engineers infrastructure report ...