New York State Electric and Gas Corporation Upper Mechanicville Hydroelectric Redevelopment Temporary Construction Emergency Action Plan

摘要

The primary objective of this emergency action plan is to provide standard procedures for the NYSEG personnel and the contractors on site in the event of a failure or imminent failure of the construction cofferdam. Depending on the nature of the failure, there may be as little as a few seconds for evacuation of the work site. Therefore, an effective, easily understood and practiced escape procedure is essential. Secondarily, those entities upstream and downstream that may be affected by the cofferdam failure must also be notified as to the expected effects and the time frame involved. The New York State Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODP) has an Emergency Dam Failure Plan, which has been filed with and accepted by FERC, covering emergencies in the Upper Hudson River. The ODP plan was prepared in cooperation with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC) and the counties of Washington, Warren, and Saratoga. The emergency procedures described herein are those actions necessary to safeguard the welfare of the on-site workers and the notification required to initiate the ODP plan. Assuming that there are three possible classes of failure, this plan outlines procedures for an almost instantaneous failure, a rapidly developing failure, and a slowly developing failure. (ERA citation 07:042707)