(a)As used in this act unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i)"Alterations" or "repairs" means only such
alterations or repairs as may directly affect the safety of the
dam or diversion system, as determined by the state engineer or
his designated representative;
(ii)"Appurtenant works" include, but are not limited
to, such structures as spillways, either in the dam or separate
therefrom, the reservoir and its rim, low level outlet works,
and water conduits such as tunnels, pipelines or penstocks,
either through the dam or its abutments;
(iii)"Dam" means any artificial barrier, including
appurtenant works, used to impound or divert water and which is
or will be greater than twenty (20) feet in height or with an
impounding capacity of fifty (50) acre-feet or greater. "Dam"
shall not
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(a) As used in this act unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) "Alterations" or "repairs" means only such
alterations or repairs as may directly affect the safety of the
dam or diversion system, as determined by the state engineer or
his designated representative;
(ii) "Appurtenant works" include, but are not limited
to, such structures as spillways, either in the dam or separate
therefrom, the reservoir and its rim, low level outlet works,
and water conduits such as tunnels, pipelines or penstocks,
either through the dam or its abutments;
(iii) "Dam" means any artificial barrier, including
appurtenant works, used to impound or divert water and which is
or will be greater than twenty (20) feet in height or with an
impounding capacity of fifty (50) acre-feet or greater. "Dam"
shall not include artificial barriers including appurtenant
works:
(A) Six (6) feet in height or less, regardless
of storage capacity; or
(B) Which impound less than fifteen (15)
acre-feet, regardless of height.
(iv) "Days" used in establishing deadlines means
calendar days, including Sundays and holidays;
(v) "Diversion system" means any channel diversion,
headgate or diversion structure with a carrying capacity in
excess of fifty (50) cubic feet of water per second of time;
(vi) "Emergency" means any threat to life or property
caused by the condition of any dam, reservoir or diversion
system, or by present or imminent floods which threaten the
safety or structural integrity of any dam or diversion system;
(vii) "Emergency response agency" means any agency
which the dam owner may be required to notify in case of an
emergency, such as sheriff's office, highway patrol or local
emergency coordinator;
(viii) "Enlargement" means any change in or addition
to an existing dam or reservoir which raises or may raise the
water storage elevation of the water impounded by the dam;
(ix) "Inspection" means visual or mechanical checks,
measures, borings and any other methods necessary for
determination of the adequacy of construction techniques,
conformity of work with approved plans and specifications, and
the safety and operating performance of a dam or diversion
system and appurtenant works;
(x) "Owner" includes any of the following who own,
control, operate, maintain, manage or propose to construct a dam
or reservoir:
(A) The state and its departments, institutions,
agencies and political subdivisions;
(B) Every municipal or quasi-municipal
corporation;
(C) Every public utility;
(D) Every district;
(E) Every person;
(F) The federal government and its departments,
institutions, agencies and political subdivisions;
(G) The duly authorized agents, lessees or
trustees of any of the foregoing; and
(H) Receivers or trustees appointed by any court
for any of the foregoing.
(xi) "Person" means any person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or
company;
(xii) "Reservoir" means any basin which contains or
will contain impounded water;
(xiii) "This act" means W.S. 41-3-307 through