Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 411a - Dams and Similar Structures › Section 22a-411a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(1) "Abutment" has the same meaning as
			 provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) "Appurtenance" has the same meaning as
			 provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(3) "Breach" has the same meaning as provided
			 in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Energy and Environmental Protection, or such commissioner's designated
			 representative.
(5) "Class B Dam"
			 means a significant hazard potential dam, as provided for in section
			 22a-409-2(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(6) "Class C Dam" means a high hazard
			 potential dam, as provided for in section
			 22a-409-2(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(7) "CT Dam ID Number" has the same meaning
			 as provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(8) "Dam" has the same meaning as provided in
			 section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(9) "Dam failure" means a catastrophic breach
			 characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded
			 water, or a lesser breach that adversely affects the dam's primary function of
			 impounding water.
(10) "Embankment"
			 has the same meaning as provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(11) "Early warning notification" means an
			 alert stage in which the local authorities are informed by the dam owner that a
			 situation exists at a dam that could develop into a serious hazard to
			 downstream inhabitants, making evacuation necessary.
(12) "Emergency" means a condition of a
			 serious nature which develops unexpectedly, endangers the structural integrity
			 of a Class C or Class B dam, and requires immediate action.
(13) "Emergency action plan" or "EAP" means a
			 formal document required to be submitted to the commissioner in accordance with
			 section
			 22a-411a-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(14) "Emergency management authority" means
			 any local, state, federal, or tribal agency responsible for emergency
			 operations, planning, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for all
			 hazards.
(15) "Emergency operation
			 center" means the location or facility where responsible officials gather
			 during an emergency to direct and coordinate emergency operations, to
			 communicate with other jurisdictions and with field emergency forces, and to
			 formulate protective action decisions and recommendations during an
			 emergency.
(16) "Final warning
			 notification" means a warning in which the local authorities are informed by
			 the dam owner that a failure of the dam is a likely possibility and residents
			 downstream should be evacuated immediately.
(17) "Flood" has the same meaning as provided
			 in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(18) "Hazard potential" has the same meaning
			 as provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(19) "Inundation map" means a map sufficient
			 in graphic detail and of a scale that clearly shows the downstream inhabited
			 areas and the inundation zones with features and other related information
			 required in section
			 22a-411a-2(b)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(20) "Inundation zone" means the area
			 downstream of a dam that could be temporarily inundated with water released by
			 a dam failure.
(21) "Operator" has
			 the same meaning as provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(22) "Owner" has the same meaning as provided
			 in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(23) "Person" has the same meaning as
			 provided in section
			 22a-2(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(24) "Piping" means the progressive
			 development of internal erosion through a dam by water, appearing downstream as
			 a hole or seam discharging water that contains soil particles.
(25) "Public service company" ?has the same
			 meaning as provided in section
			 16-1 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes.
(26) "Professional engineer" means an
			 individual who is currently licensed and registered under section
			 20-302
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(27) "Structure" has the same meaning as
			 provided in section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(28) "Toe" same meaning as provided in
			 section
			 22a-409-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.