1501:21-13-08 Additional design requirements for dams.

(A) The safety factors for the various elements of the dam shall conform to good engineering practice as approved by the chief. The safety factors and the design standards that are used by the applicant shall agree with the approved design assumptions.

(B) Inspection devices such as piezometers, settlement platforms, stand-pipes, tell-tale stakes, monitoring weirs, inclinometers, and permanent bench marks, may be required by the chief for the division’s and the owner’s use in the inspection of the structure during and after completion of construction.

(C) Grass vegetation or other vegetation of similar properties are the only acceptable vegetative covers for earthen dam embankment surfaces or vegetated earth spillways. Trees and brush are not acceptable surface covers.

(D) The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the chief that the structure will be consistent and in accordance with all applicable state and local floodplain regulations and requirements.

HISTORY: Eff 4-15-72; 10-15-81; 12-9-99; 1-16-05

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 1521.06

Rule amplifies: RC 1521.06, 1521.061

Replaces: former 1501:21-13-08

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 9-1-04, 1-16-10