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3.2. DAM SAFETY ORGANIZATION As stated in Ministerial Regulation Number 72/PRT/1997, in order to carry out the dam safety, Minister of Public Works and Housing was assisted by dam safety organization consisting of Dam Safety Commission and Dam Safety Unit. Dam Safety Commission (DSC) provides recommendation and suggestion to the minister in charge of dam safety activities and responsible to the minister. The tasks of dam safety commission are as follow: a. Giving the recommendation about dam safety to the minister in every phase of dam development such as design, construction, operation, rehabilitation, and dam closure. b. Evaluating Dam Safety Unit activities in order to suggest to the minister c. Preparing the accountability report to the minister Dam safety commission member consists of representative of government and state-owned company as the owner of the dam, professional association and another government agency related to dam appointed by minister. The chairman of dam safety commission is Director General of Water Resources. Based on structural organization, Dam Safety Unit is under Directorate General of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Work and Housing. The main duty of dam safety unit is to provide support about dam safety to DSC. The tasks of Dam Safety Unit are as follow: Provide guidance to technical regulations field of dam safety. Providing permit approval process and dam safety to all elements of the owners of their dams and reservoirs. Implement programming and budget, regulations, guidelines and technical guidance to dam safety and performance evaluation. Carry out periodic inspections, inspections extraordinary / special dam inspection and evaluation of data. 3.3. DAM SAFETY LISENCE There are some steps to do to have dam safety license in every phase of dam development. After the construction finished, there are another dam safety license for rehabilitation or removal of the dam. As mentioned above, that the member of DSC come from various institution based on their competency. So, the discussion about dam safety could be as detailed as could be for making sure the dam is safe. 989