6. A Federal agency be designated and authorized to compile, publish and dissiminate to the industry and state and local authority an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the detailed engineering required to produce safe refuse dams. 7. Serious consideration be given to implementing the above recommendations, as applicable to cover all non-Federal dams. 8. Since it is evident that more restrictive (and enforced) land use regulations for the valley of Buffalo Creek would have lessened the impact of the debris from the failure of the dams on the Middle Fork, implementation of flood plain management concepts be accomplished in the area with all due haste. |