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.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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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. |