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Dam Safety and Spillway RequirementsDam Safety and Spillway Requirements„„Program implementation has been guided by Program implementation has been guided by industry standards and court action. industry standards and court action. Specifically Specifically Barr v Game Fish and Parks Barr v Game Fish and Parks CommissionCommission, 497 P.2d 340 (Colo.App. 1972), , 497 P.2d 340 (Colo.App. 1972), which held that the defendant was negligent which held that the defendant was negligent for failing to design the spillway to pass the for failing to design the spillway to pass the maximum probable flood that could have maximum probable flood that could have been determined through modern been determined through modern meteorological techniques. meteorological techniques.