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Friday, February 6, 2015
Canadian Dam Association - a Catch 22
Mt. Polley Panel
Recommendations from
U Vic environmental Law school http://www.elc.uvic.ca/documents/Mount%20Polley%20Engineering%20Panel%20Submission_2014Dec7.pdf
The Canadian Dam Association rules and regulations are badly in need of review..
Dam Safety Review for a Project
Schedule C submitted
CDA only requires a dam safety certificate BEFORE FILLING OF THE RESERVOIR. WTF?
Billions would already spent to build the dam (s) and then there is a dam safety certificate is issued, before the water is backed up behind the dam.
It would be preferable to do a preliminary study and a "temporary" dam safety certificate issued before the billions are spent, by just reviewing the Proponents complete construction documents.
The Dam Safety Guidelines of the Canadian Dam Safety Association
Once billions are spent to build the infrastructure, Proponents have every reason to declare that they must spend whatever it takes to ... fill in the blanks here for YOUR project.