PURPOSE: This rule complies with section 536.023, RSMo which requires each agency to adopt as a rule a description of its operation and the methods where the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests.

1. (1) Section 236.410, RSMo established a Dam and Reservoir Safety Council of Missouri. The council consists of seven (7) members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The council holds a minimum of four (4) regular meetings each year and special meetings and hearings as the council chairman may deem necessary.
2. (2) The Missouri dam and reservoir safety law, rules, regulations, guidelines and standards provide for the construction management and operation of dams and reservoirs in a manner which will provide adequate protection of public safety, life or property. To achieve this purpose the council has statutory powers as listed in sections 236.405 and 236.415, RSMo for policy making, adopting rules, standards and guidelines and issuing of permits.
3. (3) The Department of Natural Resources is authorized under section 236.405, RSMo to administer and enforce all rules, standards and guidelines adopted by the council and to assist the council in achieving its statutory duties. The department has designated the dam and reservoir safety program as the agency within the department responsible for administering the dam and reservoir safety law. The director of the Department of Natural Resources appoints a chief engineer who is the dam and reservoir safety program director and a staff, as provided in section 236.405, RSMo. The chief engineer and staff provide day-today operation of the dam and reservoir safety program.
4. (4) The dam and reservoir safety program performs administrative and technical functions including: review permit applications and recommend approval or denial of applications; inspect dams and reservoirs; enforce the law and all rules, standards and guidelines adopted pursuant to Chapter 236, RSMo; employ necessary staff; develop facts as may be required by the council; recommend rules, standards and guidelines required by Chapter 236, RSMo; mitigate or eliminate unsafe dam or reservoir conditions; and other functions as described in sections 236.420 to 236.500, RSMo.
5. (5) Requests for permit applications, requirements or other permit information, copies of these rules and the dam and reservoir safety law, dam inspections and technical information and assistance, requests for public hearings and any other submissions are to be made to the Department of Natural Resources, Dam and Reservoir Safety Program, P.O. Box 250, Rolla, MO 65401. Auth: Chapter 236, RSMo (1986)). Original rule filed April 14,1981, effective Aug. 13,1981. Original authority: 236.405, RSMo (1979) and 236.415, RSMo (1979).