Arizona Administrative Code
Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 12 - DAM SAFETY PROCEDURES
Section R12-15-1208 - Application to Construct, Reconstruct, Repair, Enlarge, or Alter a High or Significant Hazard Potential Dam
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 12-15-1208
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. An application package to construct, reconstruct, repair, enlarge, or alter a high or significant hazard potential dam shall include the following prepared by or under the supervision of an engineer as defined in R12-15-1202(11):
1. A completed application filed in duplicate
on forms provided by the Director.
2. A design information summary or checklist
of items prepared in duplicate on forms provided by the Director.
3. An initial application fee based on the
total estimated project cost and computed in accordance with A.R.S. §
45-1204 and
R12-15-104(A)(7).
4. A detailed estimate of project costs.
Project costs are all costs associated with construction of the dam and
appurtenant works including preliminary investigations and surveys, engineering
design, supervision of construction, and any other engineering costs.
5. Two complete sets of construction drawings
as prescribed in
R12-15-1215(1).
6. Two complete sets of construction
specifications as prescribed in R12-15-1215(2).
7. An engineering design report that includes
information needed to evaluate all aspects of the design of the dam and
appurtenances, including references with page numbers to support any
assumptions used in the design, as prescribed in
R12-15-1215(3).
The engineering design report shall recommend a safe storage level for existing
dams being reconstructed, repaired, enlarged, or altered.
8. A construction quality assurance plan
describing all aspects of construction supervision.
9. A description of the use for the impounded
or diverted water, proof of a right to appropriate, and a permit to store water
as prescribed in A.R.S. §§
45-152
and
45-161.
10. A long-term budget plan and evidence of
financing, prepared using customary accounting principles, that demonstrate
that the applicant has the financial capability to construct, operate, and
maintain the dam in a safe manner. If the applicant does not have evidence that
can be verified by an independent audit of the financial capability to
construct, operate, and maintain the dam in a safe manner, the Director may
require a performance bond for the entire cost of the proposed construction
work.
B. The following may be submitted with the application or during construction.
1. An emergency action plan as prescribed in
R12-15-1221.
2. An operation and
maintenance plan to accomplish the annual maintenance.
3. An instrumentation plan regarding
instruments that evaluate the performance of the dam.
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