§ 5903 Federal Dam Application Requirement

• •If the U.S. government wants to build or make a dam bigger, they have to fill out a special form.
• •This rule applies only if a regular person or company would also need to fill out a form to do the same thing.
• •Each dam needs its own separate form—no grouping them together.

The U.S. government wants to build a new dam on a river.

Just like a private company would have to ask for permission first, the government has to fill out the same paperwork for each dam they want to build or expand.