Section 535.320 - Emergency action plan1. To obtain an approval to impound, including a temporary approval to impound, an owner or operator of a dam classified as high hazard or significant hazard must submit to the State Engineer an emergency action plan for the dam.2. An owner or operator of a dam classified as high hazard or significant hazard for which an approval to impound has been granted as of October 24, 2014, or that otherwise is impounding water or is capable of impounding water as of October 24, 2014, shall submit to the State Engineer an emergency action plan for the dam.3. An emergency action plan for the dam must: (a) Follow the format presented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dams (FEMA Publication No. P-64) or an equivalent format approved by the State Engineer; (b) For those sections requiring numeric analysis, calculations or mapping, be prepared under the direction of a professional engineer;(c) Include a detailed response for each foreseeable emergency; and(d) Include one or more inundation maps.4. An owner or operator subject to this section shall:(a) Perform periodic exercises under the plan;(b) Update the plan as necessary to keep it current and incorporate lessons learned from the exercises ; and(c) Submit any updates to the plan to the State Engineer.Nev. Admin. Code § 535.320
Added to NAC by St. Engineer by R124-02, eff. 5-30-2003; A by R054-14, eff. 10/24/2014