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<br />Soil Conservation <br />Service <br /> <br />Studies of treatment for dispersive <br />clay soils, filters for dams, control <br />of seepage at dam outlets, dam repair <br />measures, etc. <br /> <br />Department of Energy <br /> <br />Development of natural hazard proba- <br />bilistic models for DOE installations <br /> <br />Bureau of Mines <br /> <br />stability of mine waste embankments <br />Risk analysis methods for dams <br /> <br />Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency <br /> <br />As discussed in Appendix 4, the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />research and development program includes an extensive array of <br />research projects and development activities structured to <br />provide better ways of improving the safety of dams. Some of <br />these efforts seek better methods to design and construct <br />dams, but a significant number relate to improving the safety <br />of existing dams. <br /> <br />Most research programs related to dams and dam engineering <br />traditionally have been directed toward improving design and <br />construction of new dams. The Repair, Evaluation, Maintenance, <br />and Rehabilitation (REMR) Research Program of the Corps of <br />Engineers represents a major shift from such earlier research <br />program objectives. Recognizing that ever-increasing portions <br />of the Corps' annual Civil Works appropriations are going for <br />operation and maintenance activities, the Corps has embarked on <br />a major, six-year, multidisciplinary research program designed <br />to identify and develop effective and affordable technology <br />for maintaining and extending the life of existing water <br />resources projects. The REMR Research Program is addressing <br />problems in seven broad subject areas: concrete and steel <br />structures, geotechnical, hydraulics, coastal, electrical and <br />mechanical, environmental impacts, and operations management. <br />The research work units for each subject area in the REMR <br />Research Program focus on the types of difficulties often <br />encountered in evaluating problems and remedial work on <br />existing structures. <br /> <br />A number of mechanisms for coordinating Federal dam <br />safety research efforts and avoiding duplication are in <br />operation. As noted in Appendix 6, ICODS has a subcommittee <br />on research. In October 1982, an ICODS-sponsored "Dam Safety <br />Research Coordination Conference" was held in Denver, Colorado. <br />More recently, FEMA and the Electric Power Research Institute <br />joined in 1985 in sponsoring a workshop to identify areas of <br />needed dam safety research. For several decades, the Bureau of <br />Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, and the Tennessee Valley <br />Authority have conducted biennial research coordination <br />conferences in which other Federal agencies have joined. <br /> <br />Chapter 3 - page 29 <br />