---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460lll–30"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460lll–30"
heading: "Hematite Dam"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460lll-30"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXIII — Land Between the Lakes Protection"
  - "Part B — Management Provisions"
---

# §460lll–30. Hematite Dam


Within one year from the date of transfer pursuant to [section 460lll–41](/usc/16/460lll–41.md) of this title, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall cause any breach in the Hematite Dam to be repaired, or if such repairs have previously been made, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall certify in a letter to the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) the sound condition of the dam. Future repair costs and maintenance of the Hematite Dam shall be the responsibility of the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title V, § 530], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–317.)