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V. General Responsibilities under the Plan A. Dam Owner Responsibilities The City of Elk River owns the Elk River Dam and it is operated by Elk River Municipal Utilities. Familiarity with federal guidelines for the inspection and evaluation of dams will assist dam owners in maintaining safe dams. Understanding and recognition of potentially dangerous conditions may prevent dam failure. Elk River Municipal Utilities shall advise the dam tenders of the importance of the EAP, and shall keep dam tenders trained in use of the EAP, and in detection of situations that trigger use of the EAP. Operators' duties under the EAP are to: detect situations that require the activation of one of the Emergency Levels; determine the appropriate Emergency Level (conferring with the owner's representative as necessary); activate the notification flowchart as necessary; and provide assistance and monitoring as required by the dam owner's representative. When activating the notification flowchart, the operators shall at a minimum inform the party which Emergency Level has been activated for the Elk River Dam, the reason for activation (refer to Table 2), and to refer to the EAP for details on their duties. For example: Dispatch, Emergency Level 1 has been activated for the Elk River Dam. This is due to failure of one of the tainter gates. Please refer to the EAP for details on the notifications you must immediately initiate. Only after the notification flowchart has been activated should dam operation actions be taken. Actions should preferably be done under guidance of the DNR State Dam Safety Engineer in order to ensure that measures are both necessary and safe. The City of Elk River is the official representative for EAP situations. Elk River will obtain and provide advice concerning predetermined remedial action to delay, moderate, or alleviate the severity of the emergency condition. The duties (which may be delegated to the Elk River Police and Fire Departments) of the dam owner and operator are to: • contact parties for whom they are responsible in the notification flowchart; • provide information to the DNR on existing severity and rate of change of the problem; • request assistance from the DNR (personnel for expert supervision and monitoring, equipment, materials) as necessary; • ensure that operations and repairs directed by the DNR are carried out; • and to act independently to implement emergency operations and repairs in the event communications with the DNR are disrupted or immediate action is required, including deciding the urgency of correction, carrying out appropriate portions of the emergency operations and repairs, obtaining needed personnel, equipment, and materials, and providing for 24-hour monitoring of the situation. June 6, 2014 Page 9 53