Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 50 - Financial Assistance
Subchapter 17 - Oklahoma Dam Rehabilitation (OKDR) Grant Program Requirements and Procedures
Section 785:50-17-7 - OKDR grant priority system
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 785:50-17-7
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Basis of priority system and formula.
(1)
Prioritization. The Board or its staff shall prioritize the
selection of projects. Prioritization criteria include community size, dam
hazard-potential classification, dam condition, and number of persons at risk
from dam failure.
(A)
Community
size. Communities with a population of 7,000 people or less shall
receive higher priority than communities with a population of over 7,000 as
reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States
Bureau of the Census.
(B)
Dams hazard-potential classification. Following prioritization for
community population, project dams shall be prioritized by hazard-potential
classification as defined in
785:25-3-3. High hazard-potential
dams are prioritized highest; significant hazard-potential dams shall be
prioritized second highest, and low hazard-potential dams shall be prioritized
lowest.
(C)
Dam condition
rating. Following prioritization for hazard-potential classification,
project dams shall be prioritized by a combination of condition rating and the
number of persons at risk due to dam failure. The inspecting engineer for the
project dam shall report condition ratings for verification by the Board Dam
Safety staff. Dam condition ratings are reported to USACE for the National
Inventory of Dams (NID) by the Board which has final authority on assignment of
official condition ratings. Only dams assigned a condition rating of poor or
unsatisfactory are eligible for funding through this program.
(D)
Number of persons at risk.
The number of persons at risk due to dam failure (PAR) shall be calculated by
Board staff using dam breach inundation maps required by
785:25-7-6, population data
obtained from the Department of Homeland Security, and roadway maps. PAR is
calculated by overlaying breach inundation maps with population grid datasets
for both day and night scenarios.
(b) Final ranking. Once all eligible projects have been prioritized as set forth above, they are then ranked by the following priority system based on dam condition and PAR.
(1) Unsatisfactory condition, greater than
1,000 PAR
(2) Unsatisfactory
condition, between 100 and 1,000 PAR
(3) Poor condition, greater than 1,000
PAR
(4) Unsatisfactory condition,
between 10 and 100 PAR
(5) Poor
condition, between 100 and 1,000 PAR
(6) Unsatisfactory condition, between 1 and
10 PAR
(7) Poor condition, between
10 and 100 PAR
(8) Poor condition,
between 1 and 10 PAR
(9)
Unsatisfactory condition, 0 PAR
(10) Poor condition, 0 PAR
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