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<br />14.8.(1) Registration as a professional engineer in <br />Colorado;_ <br /> <br />14.8.(2) Three years of experience in the field of dam <br />safety; and <br /> <br />14.8.(3) Actual experience in conducting safety -inspections <br /> <br />of dams. <br /> <br />14.C. Oam safety inspections by the owner's engineer shall <br />include, but are not limited to: review of previous Inspections, <br />reports and drawings; site inspection of the dam, spillways, outlet <br />facilities, seepage control and measurement system; and permanent <br />monument or monitoring Installations, if any. The inspection shall <br />Include an assessment of all parts of the dam which are related to the <br />dam's safety. (See Rule 15. for outlet Inspection requirements.) The <br />engineer shall prepare an inspection report which describes the <br />findings, and li sts act ions the dam owner must take to illprove the <br />safety of the dam to an acceptable level. The report shall Includo <br />the engineer's recommendation of the safe storage levol. <br /> <br />14.0. If the owner elects to retain an engineer to conduct <br />safoty Inspoctions, such inspections shall bo conducted annually for <br />all Class I and Class II dams and once every five years for all Class <br />111 dalls. Class IV dams will not be Inspected periodically, but will <br />be if a complaint Is received about their safoty. <br /> <br />Rule 15. Owner's ResDons1bil flies: <br /> <br />IS.A. It is the owner's responSibility to allow or to provide <br />for Inspection of outlet facilities on his dam. The frequency of <br />outlet inspections and the requirements of _ those Inspections are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />IS.A.(I) Class I and Class II dams shall receive a Type A <br />outlet inspection annually, and Type B inspections not to exceed once <br />every ten years unless the condition indicates more frequent Inspec- <br />tions are necessary. A Type 8 Inspection of the entire outlet conduit <br />shall only be required on dams without upstream gates If ordered by <br />the State Engineer in conformity with Rule IS.A. (4). Type B <br />inspections may be waived where the condition of the outlet conduit <br />would not be considered detrimental to the safety of the dam. <br /> <br />- 42 - <br />