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<br />also exempted all Category 2 dams, whose failure would not "be expected to <br />result in orobable loss of life." These recent legislative actions by <br />Georgia have severely limited the power of the state to regulate the safety <br />of dams. <br />In summary, this study shows that thirty-one states have adequate dam <br />safety legislation which addresses all five USCOLD-specified regulatory <br />functions; sixteen states have marginal or inadequate legislation; and three <br />states do not have any legislation. Table 5 summarizes the progress made by <br />states toward achieving legislative authority for regulating dams, from 1982 <br />to present. Figure graphically compares the overall effectiveness of <br />state dam safety laws in each of the eight functional regulation areas. <br /> <br />B. Resources Adeauacv bv States to Conduct Effective Dam Safety Pro~rams <br />1. Forty-two states indicate having a current year budget designated for <br />dam safety. The average forty-two state budget is $315,452. For the <br />twenty-eight states which have adequate legislation and some type of program <br />budget (31 minus Florida, Louisiana, and South Dakota), the average state <br />program budget is $389,461, representing 50,932 regulated dams. The range <br />of state dam safety budgets for these twenty-eight states is $29 per dam in <br />Nebraska to $3256 per dam in California. The average state budget <br />appropriation per dam is $373. Figure 2 shows a distribution of the top <br />twenty-eight states' program budgets by number of non-Federal dams, where <br />the state budgets are compared on a $/dam basis. Analysis of this data <br />produces little evidence of any correlation between state budgets and number <br />of dams. Table 6 compares the total state dam safety budget increases since <br />the first state survey in 1982. During this period, 31 states have gained <br /> <br />-40- <br />