Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 25 - Dams and Reservoirs
Subchapter 5 - Applications and Approval of Construction
Section 785:25-5-3 - Content of plans and specifications
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 785:25-5-3
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The plans and specifications shall, as a minimum, include the following:
(1) A topographic map of the dam site showing
the location of spillway and outlet works. The map shall also show all
contiguous property and the owners thereof. The topographic maps for low hazard
dams are not required to show test borings, test pits and borrow
pits.
(2) A profile along the dam
axis showing the location, elevation, depth of borings or test pits including
logs or bore holes and/or test pits, provided that plans and specifications for
low hazard dams are not required to contain such a profile.
(3) A maximum cross-section of the dam
showing elevation and width of crest, slopes of upstream and downstream faces,
thickness of riprap, zoning of earth embankment, location of cutoff and bonding
trenches, elevations, size and type of outlet conduit, valves and operating
mechanism.
(4) Area and capacity
curves of the proposed reservoir.
(5) Detailed drawings showing plans, cross
and longitudinal sections of the outlet conduits, valves and controls for
operating the same, and trash racks.
(6) The discharge capacity in cubic feet per
second of the spillway for each foot in water depth above the spillway crest up
to the maximum high water level and the formula used in making such
determinations.
(7) Detailed plans
of spillway structures, cross-section of the channel leading to and from the
spillway, spillway profile, and procedures for operation of the spillway
structure.
(8) Hydrologic and
hydraulic analysis report as described in the publication Hydrologic and
Hydraulic Guidelines for Dams in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Dam
Safety Program, August 2011.
(9) A
requirement, during the period of construction, for supervision by an engineer
as required in
785:25-7-2.
(10) A provision that the plans and
specifications may not be substantially changed or changed in any material
respect without prior written consent of the Board.
(11) A provision stating in detail all
matters necessary to ensure that construction is accomplished in a responsible
manner and that needed control is exercised by an engineer as required in
785:25-7-2 to
ensure construction of a safe structure.
(b) The size of all plans and maps filed shall not be more than 11" x 17" and shall be drawn with an adequate number of views, in proper dimensions, and to a sufficiently large scale so that the plans and maps may be readily interpreted and studied. In addition to the plans and maps required to be filed, if plans and maps larger than 11" x 17" are submitted for review purposes, the larger plans and maps will not be retained by the Board.
Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1300, eff 5-27-10 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 882, eff 6-13-13
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