Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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6115.0221 MINNESOTA RULES 50 B. the structural design is done by a professional engineer or by a qualified engineer of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the Corps of Engineers and includes the following considerations: (1) gravity forces; (2) hydrostatic pressure; (3) uplift forces; (4) overturning moment; (5) resistance to sliding; (6) ice pressures; (7) earthquake forces; (8) slope stability, including consolidation and pore pressures; (9) seepage collection or prevention; (10) foundation conditions, including appropriate borings and determination of the strength of foundation materials; (11) specifications for materials of construction and their placement or installation; (12) adequate construction inspection to assure conformance with design assumptions; and (13) adequacy of the cofferdam or diversion during construction, if any; and C. adequate assurances are made for future maintenance of new water level control structures: (1) for water level control structures 25 feet or more in structural height or having a maximum storage capacity of 50 acre-feet or more, permits shall be issued only to governmental agencies, public utilities, or corporations having authority to construct and maintain such projects, except that a title -registration type permit may be issued to the owner or owners of the private property upon which the proposed water level control structure will be located when the provisions of subpart 2, item A, subitem (3), are met; (2) for other water level control structures, title -registration type permits shall be issued to the owner or owners of the private property upon which the water level control structure will be located if the permit runs with the land and requires breaching or removal if the structure ever falls into a state of disrepair or becomes unsafe; and (3) periodic engineering inspections of authorized water level control structures may be made by the department or its designee. Statutory Authority: MS s 103G.315; 105.415 Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.