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The Owners Dam Safety Program (ODSP) is the most important factor in maintaining safe dams and preventing dam failures. Dams with owners who do not have an effective ODSP represent a higher risk.

In order to provide assistance on developing and submitting GIS inundation map files to the Commission, FERC staff has created a General Specifications of GIS Data document, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document, along with sample map files.

• Summary of Initiative
• Pumped Storage Project Meeting Notes, November 1-3, 2006

Technical Guidanc

FAQs for GIS Inundation Map Initiative

The following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been compiled based on discussions with various dam owners from across the country.

Summary of Initiative

Immediately following the Taum Sauk breach of the upper reservoir, D2SI initiated a review of the 21 pump storage projects in our dam safety program to assure project safety and determine the need for, and development of, guidelines for the safe op

Before projects are constructed, Commission staff review and approve the designs, plans, and specifications of dams, powerhouses, and other structures.

File Open Access Transmission Tariffs

The Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure Information (CEII) process is not intended as a mechanism for companies to withhold from public access information that does not pose a risk of attack on the energy infrastructure.

Improving FERC's Dam Safety Program

Chapter 14 - Engineering Guidelines Updated July 1, 2005.

Background

The Commission originally established "Guidelines for Preparation of Emergency Action Plans" in November 1979. The Guidelines were subsequently included as the Appendix to Order No. 122 of the Commission's Regulations, issued January 21, 1981.