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<br />CHAPTER 4 - STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES <br /> <br />4-01 Levees. <br /> <br />a. Operation. During flood periods the levees shall be patrolled <br />to be certain that: <br /> <br />1. There is not any unusual wetness on the landward slope of <br />the levees; <br /> <br />2. there are no indications of slides or development of sloughs; <br /> <br />3. slump of slopes is not occurring; <br /> <br />4. there is no seepage taking place along outlet structures <br />contact with the levee; <br /> <br />5. wave wash or scouring is not occurring; <br /> <br />6. no other conditions exist which might endanger the structures. <br /> <br />Appropriate advance measures shall be taken to insure <br />of adequate labor and materials to meet all contingencies. <br />shall be taken to control any condition which endangers the <br />to repair the damaged sections. <br /> <br />the availability <br />Iunnediate steps <br />structures and <br /> <br />b. Maintenance. The superintendent shall provide at all times such <br />maintenance as may be required to insure serviceability of the structures <br />in time of flood. Measures shall be taken to exterminate burrowing animals; <br />to provide for the removal of drift deposits and wild growth, such as trees <br />and bushes; and to repair damage caused by erosion. Periodic inspections <br />shall be made by the superintendent to insure that the above maintenance <br />measures are enforced and to be certain that: <br /> <br />1. No unusual settlement, sloughing, or material loss of grade or <br />levee cross section has taken place; <br /> <br />2. no caving has occurred on either the lands ide or the creekside <br />of the levee section; <br /> <br />3. no seepage, saturated areas, or sandboils are occurring; <br /> <br />4. drains through the levees and gates in said drains are in <br />good working condition; <br /> <br />5. no revetment work or riprap has been displaced, washed out, <br />or removed; <br /> <br />6. no action is being taken, such as burning grass and weeds <br />during inappropriate seasons, which will retard or destroy the growth of <br />sod; <br /> <br />-8- <br />