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Information Sheets	Map of Prescribed Dams in NSW (PDF - 1 MB)
	List of current prescribed dams in NSW (look under Appendix B)
You can also browse a selected bibliography of published articles relating to dams and coal mining

 

Document	Type	Size Mb	Description
AR2006_07	Acrobat PDF	2.0	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 2006/07.
AR2005_06	Acrobat PDF	2.3	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 2005/06.
AR2004_05	Acrobat PDF	4.2	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 2004/05.
AR2003_04	Acrobat PDF	4.3	Annual Report to Parliament.  Overview of the Committee’s activities during 2003/04.
AR 2002_03	Acrobat PDF	1.2	Annual Report to Parliament.  Overview of the Committee’s activities during 2002/03.
AR 2001_02	Acrobat PDF	0.5	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 2001/02.
AR2000_01	Acrobat PDF	0.9	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 2000/01.
ar99_2000	Acrobat PDF	1.06	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 1999/2000.
ar98_99.pdf	Acrobat PDF	0.7	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 1998/99.
ar97_98.pdf	Acrobat PDF	0.8	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 1997/98.
ar96_97	Acrobat PDF	0.8	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 1996/97.
areport.pdf	Acrobat PDF	1.35	Annual Report to Parliament. Overview of the Committee's activities during 1995/96.
dsact.pdf	Acrobat PDF	0.2	Excerpts from the Dam Safety Act 1978 For the full, up-to-date Act, go to www.austlii.edu.au/

 

General Information Sheets

Document	Type	Size KB	Description	Update Dates
dsc01.pdf	Acrobat PDF	296	General Information Background to the Committee plus an outline of its functions, objectives and constitution.	April 2005
dsc02.pdf	Acrobat PDF	111	Role, Policies and Procedures This Information Sheet outlines the role, policies and procedures of the Committee in relation to dams surveillance and mining near dams.	April 2005
dsc03.pdf	Acrobat PDF	126	Glossary of terms An explanation of the technical terms used in the Committee's publications.	April 1998
dsc05.pdf	Acrobat PDF	329	Advice on Legal Matters for Dam Owners Summary of legal obligations of dam owners in NSW.	August 1996 (a)
dsc06.pdf	Acrobat PDF	180	Prescribed Dams in NSW Lists basic data for all prescribed dams in NSW, along with a map showing their location.  (Please note that this information sheet is no longer up-to-date and will be deleted.  A current version of prescribed dams with a map can be found in the latest Annual Report	October 1996

Information Relating to Surveillance of Dams

Document	Type	Size KB	Description	Update Dates
dsc11.pdf	Acrobat PDF	154	Acceptable Flood Capacity for Dams Details of the Committee's requirements in regard to flood capability for dams.	June 2002
dsc12.pdf	Acrobat PDF	106	Operation, Maintenance and Emergency Management Requirements for Dams Requirements for preparing Operations, and Maintenance Manuals and Dams Safety Emergency Plans.	April 2005
Dsc12-1.pdf	Acrobat PDF	127	Addendum to DSC12 "Operation, Maintenance and Emergency Management Requirements for Dams" Contains the notification protocol to be included into DSEP, and advice of additional matters to be incorporated into DSEP's.	April 2003 (a)
dsc13.pdf	Acrobat PDF	180	Consequence Categories for Dams Procedures for assessing the hazard rating of dams.	March 2002 (c)
dsc14.pdf	Acrobat PDF	130	Requirements for submission of information by dam owners Specifies what and when information is required from dam owners.	April 2005 Please note
dsc15.pdf	Acrobat PDF	175	Requirements for Surveillance Reports Summarises requirements for Type 1 and II 5 yearly surveillance reports.	January 2003 (a)
dsc16.pdf	Acrobat PDF	143	Requirements for Earthquake Assessment of Dams The Committee's interim requirements for the assessment of the seismic adequacy of dams.	February 2000 (c)
dsc17.pdf	Acrobat PDF	101	Requirements for Assessment of Flood Retarding Basins Outlines the Committee's requirements in relation to prescription, design, construction, operation and maintenance and surveillance of Retarding Basins.	April 2005
dsc18.pdf	Acrobat PDF	162	Design and Construction Issues Requiring Particular Consideration This Information Sheet is intended to assist owners undertaking the design for a new dam, or modification of an existing dam, by listing common design and construction issues, which the Committee considers to be good practice.	April 2005
dsc18-1.pdf	Acrobat PDF	235	Addendum to DSC18 "Dam Design and Construction Issues Requiring Particular Consideration" Is a checklist of the minimum matters to be considered in a design report.	April 2005
dsc19.pdf	Acrobat PDF		Tailings Dam This information summarises important considerations for NSW tailings dam owners relating to Committee requirements during the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of their dams.	November 2005

Information Relating to Coal Mining

Document	Type	Size KB	Description	Update Dates
dsc32.pdf	Acrobat PDF	170	Notes on the Administrative Role of the Dams Safety Committee in the Granting of Mine Leases and Approval of Mining Applications Details of approval process, including sample application letters, for mining within Notification Areas.	June 1998 Please note
dsc33.pdf	Acrobat PDF	120	Mining in Notification Areas of Prescribed Dams Indicates which aspects the Committee will consider before making recommendations on a mining application and provide guidelines on the extent and type of mining which the Committee may recommend to the Minister.	June 1998
dsc34.pdf	Acrobat PDF	420	Typical Monitoring Programme Requirements for Mining near Prescribed Dams A guideline to the types of monitoring conditions normally included in approvals to mine near dams.	August 2000
dsc35.pdf	Acrobat PDF	80	Mining Contingency Plans to Minimise Loss of Stored Waters from Dams A guideline on items to be included in contingency plans to minimise storage loss as a result of mining under stored waters.	June 1998

 

Please note:

Date changes only when there is a policy change. Re-worded documents are identified by a letter after the document date.

 

Document	Type	Type	Size KB	Type	Size KB	Description
D1.doc	PDF	Rtf	200	Word 10	80	Basic Data Form for Dams
D2.doc	PDF	Rtf	20	Word 10	30	Notice of Intention to Design or Modify a Dam
D3.doc	PDF	Rtf	20	Word 10	30	Notice of Intention to Construct a Dam
D4.doc	PDF	Rtf	30	Word10	40	Notice of Completion of Construction of a New or Modified Dam
D5.doc	PDF	Rtf	40	Word 10	50	Surveillance Report Type 3
D6.doc	PDF	Rtf	300	Word 10	80	Flood Security Status Form
D8.doc	PDF	Rtf	200	Word 10	50	Dam Owners Address Form
D9.doc	PDF	Rtf	200	Word 10	40	Construction Certificate
D15.doc	PDF	Rtf	170	Word 10	70	Requirements for Surveillance Reports
D19.doc	PDF	Rtf	168	Word 10	69	Tailings Dam - Intermediate Report Requirements