Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Corps extends comment period for Master Water Control Manual

            The US Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for the Master Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint River System.

The Mobile District of the USACE announced an additional 45 days for the public to comment on the proposed manual.

The extended comment period was approved at the request of various stakeholders throughout the basin to allow them an opportunity to completely review the documents.

The new comment deadline period is January 15, 2016. 

It had been set to expire on December 1, 2015.

The Master Water Control Manual is the guide used by Corps of Engineers to operate the five reservoirs on the Chattahoochee River.
The proposed manual has received a lot of criticism from Florida officials because it does not require enough freshwater flow to protect the Apalachicola Bay and its oyster industry.
If you would like to see the proposed master water control manual for yourself, just follow the link we’ve posted on this story at oysterradio.com and on the Oyster radio facebook page.



FIND THE MANUAL ONLINE AT http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/PlanningEnvironmental/ACFMasterWaterControlManualUpdate/ACFDocumentLibrary.aspx


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