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Chapter 3 ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL AGENCY REPORTS As noted in Chapter 1, most of the Federal agencies involved with dams have now submitted to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) four reports, which together set out each agency's actions through the end of FY 1985 to implement the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety. The most recent group of these reports, concerning fiscal years 1984 and 1985, utilized a subject outline and format furnished to the agencies by FEMA (Appendix 15). Appendices 1 through 10 contain material from the reports of individual agencies on many of the subjects proposed by FEMA. The following summary analysis, in general, utilizes the FEMA subject outlines. Aaencv Responsibilities As discussed in Chapter 2 and illustrated by more detailed data in Appendices 1 through 10, among the two dozen Federal departments and agencies accountable in some way for dam safety, there are great variations in the types and degrees of the responsibilities they exercise. For the most part, these variations result from differences in agency missions and the applicable statutory authorities. In at least seven Federal agencies, dams and dam safety are clearly central to mission accomplishment. These are: Bureau of Reclamation Corps of Engineers Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Forest Service International Boundary and Water Commission Soil Conservation Service Tennessee Valley Authority. Although its mission is very different from those of the above listed agencies, there is some argument for including the Federal Emergency Management Agency in that list because of the importance of its role in furthering dam safety efforts. By contrast, in at least four of the reporting agencies, dam safety activities, as such, have very little importance to the agencies' missions. These are: Agricultural Research Service Bureau of Mines Farmers Home Administration Rural Electrification Administration. Chapter 3 - page 15