This document provides guidance to help dam owners, in coordination with emergency management authorities, effectively develop and exercise emergency action plans for dams. The purpose of the guidance in this document is to meet that need. This document is an update of FEMA P-64, Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Owners (2004).
This Dam Incident Planning Guide supports state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers in planning for dam incidents and failures by summarizing the concepts that a community should consider when creating dam incidentspecifc elements of local emergency operations plans. This guide builds on Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans.1 It also provides guidance for dam owners and operators on how to engage with emergency managers prior to an incident to ensure a well-coordinated response. Appendix A provides a general template for a community dam incident plan that can be adapted to meet each communitys needs.
Part of an eight volume series, the purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance for gully control including a description of the factors affecting gully formation and a classification of gullies. Control measures include diversions and the specifications for various types of check dams and gully plugs.
The purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance on land preparation for afforestation and cultivation on sloping land affected by water erosion. Part I deals with practices and-techniques for land clearing and preparation for afforestation in watersheds. Special consideration is given to environmental effects and means to minimize erosion. Part II on terraces and ditches describes conservation methods and land treatment for agricultural use of sloping land, ranging from annual to permanent crops. Layout, construction and maintenance of terraces and hillside ditches are described in detail, as well as the protection of terrace risers, outlets and waterways.
These guidelines encourage strict safety standards in the practices and procedures employed by federal agencies or required of dam owners regulated by the federal agencies. The guidelines provide the most complete and authoritative statement available of the desired management practices for promoting dam safety and the welfare of the public. The guidelines apply to federal practices for dams with a direct federal interest; the guidelines do not attempt to establish technical standards and are not intended to supplant or confict with state or local government responsibilities for the safety of dams under their jurisdiction.
This document provides guidelines for implementing risk-informed decision making in a dam safety program. The intended audience is federal agencies that own or regulate dams. The guidelines could also be applied to non-federally owned or regulated dams that can impact federally owned or regulated facilities; however, this would require the cooperation and involvement of the non-federal dam owner.
The purpose of this document is to provide dam safety professionals with guidance on how to prepare dam breach inundation modeling studies and conduct mapping that can be used for multiple purposes, including dam safety, hazard mitigation, consequence evaluation, and emergency management including developing emergency action plans. This guidance is intended to provide a consistent approach that can be applied across the country.
This 2019 study of approximately 30 guidance documents, project initiatives and standards from around the world was undertaken by GMG and Cambrian College. It offers an understanding of existing practices and initiatives covering mine tailings throughout the global mining industry.
There is great variance in the effectiveness of state dam safety programs. Although some of this variance may be appropriate as each state must address its dam safety needs and responsibilities in its own way, some state programs are not considered adequate. Many unsafe dams also have been identifed and any required remedial action has not been implemented. The Model State Dam Safety Program was frst developed in 1987, updated in 1997, and updated again in 2006 to assist state offcials in initiating or improving their state programs. The document outlines the key components of an effective dam safety program and provides guidance on the development of more effective and sustainable state programs to eliminate the risks created by unsafe dams.
This Pocket Safety Guide for Dams and Impoundments was developed for dam owners and other people as a quick reference when assessing low hazard dams and impoundments. For in depth discussion, please refer to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Low Hazard DamsStanding Operating Procedures or FEMA P-145, Dam Safety: An Owners Guidance Manual.