Regulatory Agencies
Links to U.S. federal and state, as well as international tailings dam regulators, are provided in the following list. Information available on agency websites may include contact details, policies, and criteria that define the dams in their jurisdiction, design and inspection criteria, and regulations used to enforced safe operation and maintenance of the dams. Be aware that some websites for the international regulators are not in English.
Alabama Department of Labor
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Low-Carbon Innovation
California Department of Conservation
CFBR (Comité français des barrage et réservoirs)
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Dam Safety Branch, Alberta Environmental Protection Agency (Canada)
Dam Safety New South Wales (Austrailia)
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Department of Natural Resources and Mines (Queensland, Austrailia)
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Idaho Department of Land
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Maryland Department of the Environment
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty (Finland)
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport - Italian Dam Registry
Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario, Canada)
Minnesota Department of Mines and Mineral Resources
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Montana Department of Natural Resources
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources & Conservation
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources
New Mexico Office of the State Engineer
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Department of Environmental Conservation (Mining)
North Carolina Department of Environmental & Natural Resources
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Oregon Water Resource Department
ORSEP (Organismo Regulador de Seguridad de Presas)
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Portuguese Environment Agency
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
South Africa Department of Water and Sanitation, Dam Safety Office
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources Minerals and Mining Program
State of Oklahoma Department of Mines
Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Washington Department of Ecology
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
