Our Community includes a Category 2 dam. What are our responsibilities?
A. The owner/operator must conduct quarterly inspections of the dam, its appurtenant structures and operating valves, and maintain written logs of the inspections. The owner/operator is required to perform maintenance, as well as timely repairs when needed. The owner must develop an Emergency Action Plan (EAP), including a downstream inundation map. The EAP is reviewed by PEMA and approved by the Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP). Every five years the EAP, including the inundation map, must be reviewed and revised, as necessary. An engineer must conduct annual inspections of the dam, including a field review of the downstream inundation map in the EAP. The report must be signed and sealed by a professional engineer registered in Pennsylvania and submitted to the PaDEP. We can assist with the inspection and reporting requirements, and development of the inundation map and EAP, as described above.
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