Corps of Engineers to hear public comment on Water Control Manual today

The US Army Corps of engineers will hold a public meeting in Eastpoint this afternoon to get public input on its proposed Master Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint river system.

The manual is the guide used by Corps of Engineers to operate the five reservoirs on the Chattahoochee River.

Many in Florida say the manual does not require that the Corps provide enough fresh water for the Apalachicola Bay.

Local county commissioners have issued statements criticizing the proposed manual and 22 of Florida’s 29 members of congress have also urged the Army Corps of Engineers to address the lack of freshwater flow to the Apalachicola Bay in the draft Master Water Control Manual.

Now the public is being urged to speak up.

The Corps of Engineers will be in Eastpoint on Monday, November 9^th to get public input.

The meeting will be held from 4 till 7 at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research reserve Nature Center at 108 Island Drive in Eastpoint.

Anyone with an interest in the Apalachicola bay including fishermen, business owners and residents are urged to attend and make comment on the record.

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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