I am a 22-year resident of a Goochland Co. neighborhood which contains 26 homes along with a 9–10-acre community lake. The lake's dam has been determined by DCR's "Dam Safety Act" to of concern, forcing our neighborhood (comprised largely of retirees on fixed incomes) to spend tens of thousands of dollars (with no end in sight) to hire an expert engineering firm to represent us as to the complexities of DCR's mandates, required calculations, reports, and on and on......  

I am the only community homeowner whose home is downstream from the community lake and dam, although located at a vertical elevation safe from the calculated potential dam failure and resultant flooding.

The DCR design guidelines seem far beyond what is reasonable in theoretical rainfall magnitudes, in mandated dam/spillway/ remediations, as well as periodical maintenance observations and records.

 I implore you to find   more realistic design parameters to address DCR's dam safety.