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Nonfederal Dams, Summary for Fiscal Year 1978-1980" which covers program activities through October 1, 1980 2.2 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FollOwing the failure of the federally owned Teton Dam in Idaho, the President on April 23, 1977, directed federal agencies to review their dam safety practices and to convene an ad hoc interagency committee to coordinate dam safety programs. On June 25, 1979, the ad hoc committee issued a set of management guidelines for- the planning, design, construction, operation, and regulation of dsms by U.S. government agencies. The ad hoc committee later evolved into the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS), which is chaired by FEMA. Under Executive Order 12148, dated July 20, 1979, President Carter assigned responsibility for coordinating and promoting dam safety to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including the task of monitoring the implementation of the management guidelines. FEMA is responsible for policy guidance, development of programs to prevent or respond to dam failure, coordination of federal dam safety programs, and encouragement of nonfederal programs to reduce the public hazard of unsafe dams. The goals of these efforts are accomplished primarily through coordination and information exchange among organizations sharing common problems and having responsibilities for dam safety. 2.3 INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY Several federal agencies are involved in dam safety. In addition to FEMA, these include the Departments of the Army, Agriculture, Interior, and Labor; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Their principal coordination mechanism is the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (10005). -10-