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<br />. Providing a supportive, nonregulatory role to <br />help the states obtain technical guidance <br />material <br /> <br />. Studying the feasibility of providing some <br />federal funding assistance to dam owners for <br />repairing unsafe dams <br /> <br />. Developing and offering to conduct suitable dam <br />safety training courses for personnel of the <br />states and owners <br /> <br />. Providing federal insurance assistance, in <br />conjunction with a benefit program, to states <br />and dam owners who are committed to effective <br />dam safety procedures <br /> <br />. Developing guidance for emergency preparedness <br />planning <br /> <br />. Developing data on the real cost of dam failure, <br />to help state officials set proper funding <br />levels for dam safety activities <br /> <br />. Helping the states, upon request, to investigate <br />cauaes of dsm failures <br /> <br />. Developing common terminology to facilitate <br />communication in dam safety activities. <br /> <br />SECOND PHASE STUDY <br /> <br />The committee recommends that the following <br />technical issues be addressed during the second phase of <br />its study: <br /> <br />. Risk sssessment: Develop a rational, <br />practicsble methodology for sssessing risks in <br />dam safety sctivi ties. <br /> <br />. Engineering methodology: Study snd develop <br />guidance on stability and hydrologic evaluation. <br />of dams (including but not limited to modes of <br />breaching, stability parameters for overtopped <br />dams, seismic stability, shear strength in weak <br /> <br />-4- <br />