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On the recordJune 22, 2011
This bill will enable the Upper and Lower Collinsville Dams, which have been dormant since the 1960s, to have their licenses reinstated.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal supports legislation to reinstate licenses for dormant hydroelectric dams.

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