TECHNICAL BULLETIN: Application of Dam Safety Guidelines to Mining Dams 2014 CDA%ACB Canadian Dam Association Association Canadienne des Barrages www.cda.caLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data ‘Main entry under title: Application of Dam Safety Guidelines to Mining Dams Issued also in French under title: Application des Recommandations de sécurité des barrages aux barrages miniers. ISBN 978-0-9936319-2-4 1, Dam safety = Canada 2. Dams- Canada - Management, L.Canadian Dam Association. IL Title: Application of Dam Safety Guidelines to Mining Dams.TECHNICAL BULLETIN Application of Damn Safety Guidelines to Mining Dams CDA ACB TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface .. 1.0. Introduction. 2.0 Mining Dams - Description and Phase: 2. Definition and Functions of Mining Dams. 2.2. Phases in the Life of a Mining Dam... 2.2.1. Definitions, 22.2. Site Selection and Design 223 Construction. 224 Operation. 225 Closure 226 Transition... 2.27 Closure - Active Care. 22.8 Closure - Passive Cate nun 23. Possible Resumption of Operations. 24 Landforms. 2.5. Environmental Considerations... 3.0 Construction, Operation and Transition Phases. 3.1 Dam Safety Management 3.41.1 General 3.1.2 Engineer of Record. 3.13. Consequences of Failure 32. Operations, Maintenance, and Surveillance . 33. Emergency Preparedness and Response 34 Dam Safety Reviews 35 Analysis and Assessment... z 3.5. Risk-Informed and Traditional Standards-Based Approaches. 21 352 Hydrotechnical 3.53. Seismic Criteria 3.5.4 Geotechnical 4.0 Active and Passive Care Phases.. 4.1 Dam Safety Management aur . 4.2. Operations, Maintenance, and Surveillance vvnsvvovocre 30 43. Emergency Preparedness and Response. il 44. Dam Safety Reviews... 4.5 Analysis and Assessment 5.0 Considerations for Covers... 6.0 Future Ownership, Liability and Custodial Transfer 7.0 References.