---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.20010"
title: "30"
number: "56.20010"
heading: "Retaining dams."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.20010"
---

# §56.20010. Retaining dams.


If failure of a water or silt retaining dam will create a hazard, it shall be of substantial construction and inspected at regular intervals.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.