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Corps of Engineers to release tentative flood risk management plan, host public meetings for Sweetwater Creek

Published April 4, 2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is scheduled to released a tentatively selected flood risk management plan for the Sweetwater Creek Watershed in Georgia for public and agency review, April 6. To present the findings of the Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP), the district will host two Open House meetings in the watershed on April 9 and April 10.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is scheduled to released a tentatively selected flood risk management plan for the Sweetwater Creek Watershed in Georgia for public and agency review, April 6. To present the findings of the Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP), the district will host two Open House meetings in the watershed on April 9 and April 10.

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is scheduled to release a tentatively selected flood risk management plan for the Sweetwater Creek Watershed in Georgia for public and agency review, April 6. To present the findings of the Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP), the district will host two Open House meetings in the watershed on April 9 and April 10.

The TSP will be available for download on the district’s website beginning April 6 at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Program-and-Project-Management/Civil-Projects/Sweetwater-Creek/.

Following the release of the TSP, a 30-day comment period will begin for the public to provide feedback. Comments received from the public will be used, along with feedback from federal, state and local agencies, in the preparation of a final flood risk management plan for Sweetwater Creek. The deadline to submit public comments to the Corps of Engineers is May 6. Comments can be submitted by registered mail, email, or in person at one of the public meetings.

Public Meetings:

    George E. Ford Center

    4181 Atlanta Street

    Powder Springs, GA 30127

    April 9 // 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST

 

    South Cobb Government Service Center

    4700 Austell Rd

    Austell, GA 30106

    April 10 // 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

Registered Mail:  ATTN: PM-CM P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Ala. 36602

Email: Eubie.D.Trawick@usace.army.mil  


Contact
Tim Oberle
(251) 690-2505

Release no. 18-019