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<strong>Powerline</strong> <strong>Flood</strong> Retarding Structure<br />

Pinal County, AZ<br />

Draft Supplemental Watershed <strong>Plan</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Environ</strong>mental <strong>Assessment</strong><br />

conveyed by the auxiliary spillway <strong>and</strong> would impact the CAP canal <strong>and</strong> downstream residential<br />

areas west of the dam. The dam would most likely remain designated as an “unsafe non-emergency<br />

elevated risk” structure. The Sponsors have stated that a constructed breach the dam is not an<br />

acceptable alternative.<br />

Alternative 2 would provide flood protection for greater than the 100-year event. Consistent with<br />

P&G, the alternative that has the highest positive net benefits would be identified as the NED <strong>Plan</strong>.<br />

However, per Section 502.2 of the NRCS National Watershed Program Manual, “In cases where<br />

human life is at risk in the event of catastrophic failure of an existing dam that does not meet<br />

current safety <strong>and</strong> performance st<strong>and</strong>ards, an overriding reason for an exception to the NED plan<br />

requirement exists. To avoid seeking individual exceptions in such cases, the NED plan is defined<br />

as the federally assisted alternative with the greatest net economic benefits.”<br />

The effects of the alternative plans in terms of the EQ <strong>and</strong> OSE accounts are summarized in Table<br />

6-2 <strong>and</strong> Table 6-3, respectively below.<br />

SOILS<br />

Geology<br />

Table 6-2 Summary <strong>and</strong> Comparison of C<strong>and</strong>idate <strong>Plan</strong>s – EQ Account<br />

Alternative 1 Alternative 2<br />

No Federal Action<br />

Decommissioning<br />

Sponsor's Preferred/NED <strong>Plan</strong><br />

IDSM design life<br />

15 years<br />

Hardened channel segments within<br />

earth fissure risk zones<br />

Prime <strong>and</strong> Unique<br />

Farml<strong>and</strong><br />

No effect<br />

No effect<br />

WATER<br />

Surface Water Quantity No effect Discharge to Vineyard Road FRS<br />

<strong>Flood</strong>plain Management<br />

Potential exposure the<br />

downstream floodplain to<br />

flooding risks from<br />

overtopping flood events<br />

or discharges through the<br />

auxiliary spillways above<br />

the 100-year event.<br />

<strong>Powerline</strong> flows directed to the<br />

Vineyard Road FRS <strong>and</strong> thus<br />

provide continued flood protection<br />

up to the 100-year event for<br />

downstream floodplain<br />

PLANTS<br />

Threatened <strong>and</strong><br />

Endangered Species<br />

No effect<br />

No effect<br />

USDA- NRCS Page 6-10 <strong>Jan</strong>uary <strong>2013</strong><br />

Kimley-Horn <strong>and</strong> Associates, Inc.

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