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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of the Interior OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of the Interior OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of the Interior
Components
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Report Number
WR-EV-MOA-0015-2011
Report Description

This report details the results of our evaluation ofthe Bureau of Land Management's (BLM), National Park Service's (NPS), and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's (OSM) emergency preparedness at their high hazard dams. High hazard dams under the purview of BLM, NPS, and OSM either have no requirement for emergency action plans (EAP) or have EAPs that have been inadequately exercised or reviewed or that have not been formalized. In addition, we found an absence of a uniform approach to monitoring high hazard dams not owned by BLM or NPS but located on BLM and NPS lands. We include 11 recommendations in our report that, if implemented, will help to improve emergency action planning at the three bureaus.

Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
11
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 4 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
WR-EV-MOA-0015-2011-01 Yes $0 $0

We recommend that OSM establish a timeline and deadline for updating, as appropriate, OSM regulations to include FGDS requirements for the non-primacy and primacy States.

WR-EV-MOA-0015-2011-02 Yes $0 $0

We recommend that OSM enforce and revise, as appropriate, the TSR-15 requirements so that the directive aligns with the actions resulting from OSM's review and update of its regulations conducted under Recommendation 1.

WR-EV-MOA-0015-2011-07.C No $0 $0

We recommend that OSM require the preparation and issuance of an AAR after each incident or exercise and require the inclusion of a planned course of action to implement and track the recommended corrective actions in the AAR.

WR-EV-MOA-0015-2011-11 Yes $0 $0

We recommend that BOR revise the "Departmental Manual" to include a uniform approach to monitoring and emergency action planning for non-DOI dams located on DOI lands.

Department of the Interior OIG

United States