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Judge Halts Unapproved Construction at Eastern Ohio Dam
By: Associated Press
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NEW PHILIDELPHIA, Ohio (AP) A judge has halted unapproved construction work at a high-hazard Ohio dam after state inspectors determined the structure wasn’t safe.
Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Judge Edward O’Farrell issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against the owner of Sleepy Hollow Lake Dam. It prohibits further construction at the site without approval of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Water Resources, among other stipulations.
An Associated Press analysis in November identified Sleepy Hollow as one of more than 100 Ohio dams rated in poor or unsatisfactory condition and classified as “high hazard” because lives could be lost if the dams fail.