Ohio Admin. Code 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) The chief may require dams to have a
staff gauge to allow monitoring of lake levels within a range from the lower of
five feet below normal pool or the normal drawdown level, to the top of dam
elevation. The design of the staff gauge will be reviewed and approved by the
chief.
(D) 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.
(E) 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.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1521.06
Rule Amplifies: 1521.06, 1521.061
Prior Effective Dates: 04/15/1972, 10/15/1981, 12/09/1999, 01/16/2005, 05/23/2010
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