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<br />increased from 63,706 reported by states in 1981 to 80,536 reported state- <br /> <br /> <br />regulated dams in 1985. <br /> <br /> <br />This same inventory survey showed that the number of reported "High <br /> <br /> <br />Hazard" dams increased from 7979 to 9247, and the number of "unsafe" dams <br /> <br /> <br />was reduced from 2892 to 1948. The 1981 figures may vary somewhat from the <br /> <br /> <br />reported Corps totals because of original inventory errors or disagreements <br /> <br /> <br />by some states over dam definition criteria. <br /> <br /> <br />The above inventory data is summarized as follows: <br /> <br />DAM INVENTORY <br />HIGH HAZARD <br />UNSAFE <br /> <br />12ID. <br />63,706 <br />7,979 <br />2,892 <br /> <br />~ <br />80,536 <br />9,247 <br />1,948 <br /> <br />Table 4 shows the reported 1985 inventory data by each state and compares <br />the current figures with the state-adjusted 1981 Corps data. <br /> <br />V. State Survev Summary <br />A. Functional Adeauacv of' State Authoritv to Regulate Non-Federal Dam Safe tv <br />1. Assessment of the five basic functions, recommended in the USCOLD <br />Model law, on a state-by-state basis shows that (1) thirty-one states <br />indicate adequate authority through their state statutory authorities and <br />through rules and regulations to perform all five essential USCOLD Model Law <br />functions, (2) eleven states perform four out of five functions, and (3) <br />five perform three out of five functions, and (4) three states report that <br />they do not perform any of the five functions. <br />2. Forty-one states report that they have rules and regulations to <br />implement their authority. Two states (Connecticut and Rhode Island) <br /> <br />.37- <br />