18 CFR § 12.30 - Applicability.

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title: "18 CFR § 12.30 - Applicability."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "12.30"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "SAFETY OF WATER POWER PROJECTS AND PROJECT WORKS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 791a-825r; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352."
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# 12.30 Applicability.

This subpart D applies to any licensed project development that:

(a) Has a dam

(1) That is more than 32.8 feet (10 meters) in height above streambed, as defined in § 12.31(c); or

(2) With an impoundment gross storage capacity of more than 2,000 acre-feet (2.5 million cubic meters), as defined in § 12.31(d);

(b) Has a project work (dam or water conveyance) or any portion thereof that has a high hazard potential, as defined in § 12.3(b)(13)(i); or

(c) Is determined by the Regional Engineer or other authorized Commission representative to require inspection by an independent consultant under this subpart D.