9Operations and maintenance plans

9 Operations and maintenance plans

9 Operations and maintenance plans

(1) An operations and maintenance plan under section 16(1) of the Act for a dam must set out the following—

(a) the operating procedures for the dam with a concise description of the procedures and limits (operator controls) of plant and equipment used in the operation of the dam,

(b) details of each circumstance in which an alarm will be triggered in respect of the dam and the response and reporting protocols that will occur when that alarm is triggered,

(c) the maintenance (comprising corrective and preventive) that will be carried out on the dam, the times at which that maintenance will be carried out and who is responsible for the maintenance,

(d) the procedures for reporting incidents in respect of the dam,

(e) the procedures to ensure public safety in respect of the dam during its day to day operation,

(f) the security measures that are in place in respect of the dam.

(2) The operations and maintenance plan must—

(a) set out how the matters in subclause (1) will apply in normal, abnormal and extreme loading operation conditions, and

(b) be appropriate to the size and complexity of the dam and its associated structures and systems.

(3) The operations and maintenance plan may include any other matter that the dam owner considers to be relevant to the operation and maintenance of the dam.

(4) The operations and maintenance plan for a dam categorised as significant consequence, low consequence or very low consequence must be updated at least once every 5 years.

Note.

Section 16 (3) of the Act requires all other operations and maintenance plans to be updated on an annual basis.

(5) The owner of a declared dam must, if required by notice in writing to do so by Dams Safety NSW, provide Dams Safety NSW with a copy of the operations and maintenance plan within the time, and in the form, specified in that notice.

Maximum penalty (subclause (5))—50 penalty units.