Originator:Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission This data set
contains point locations of the "Run-of-the-River" dams in
Pennslyvania. "Run-of-the-River dam" is a manmade structure
which: is regulated or permitted by the Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) pursuant to the act of November
26,1978 (P.L.1375, No.325), known as the Dam Safety and
Encroachments Act; is built across a river or stream for the
purposes of impounding water where the impoundment at normal
flow levels is completely within the banks and all flow passes
directly over the entire dam structure within the banks,
excluding abutments, to a natural channel downstream; and DEP
determines to have hydraulic characteristics such that at
certain flows persons entering the area immediately below the
dam may be caught in the backwash. View Full Metadata Document
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