USACE Extends Comment Period for Water Control Manual

DEIS & WCM Open House ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland
DEIS & WCM Open House ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced on November 6, 2015 that it will extend the comment period for the public to express its views on the proposed changes to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Draft EIS and Water Control Manual.

The official notice of the time period extension of 45 days — formally changing the final date from December 1, 2015 to January 15, 2016 — will appear in the Federal Register on Friday, November 13, 2015.

“We have received several requests from various stakeholders throughout the basin to extend the public comment period to allow them an opportunity to completely review the documents prior to  providing comments,” E. Patrick Robbins, Chief, Public Affairs said. “Therefore we have extended the comment period for an additional 45 days.”

USACE website:

A complex set of factors is needed to determine appropriate water management at each lake. In addition to the authorized project purposes, power contract commitments, hydrologic and climatologic factors, downstream lake and basin-wide conditions, potential threats of flood and drought, and lake levels must all be considered.

Click Here for Online Version of the DEIS & Water Control Manual Proposals

To obtain a CD of the DEIS and Water Control Manual, write to:

  • Commander
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
  • Attn: PD-EI (ACF-DEIS)
  • P.O. Box 2288
  • Mobile, AL 36628

 


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