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Mobile District to Host Public Meeting on Proposed Water Control Updates in Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

USACE, Mobile District
Published Nov. 26, 2024

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, invites the public to attend a meeting to discuss proposed water control management operations updates at several USACE projects in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin.

Date: Friday, December 6, 2024

Time: 4 p.m. (EDT)

Purpose:  Present proposed updates to water management operations across multiple USACE projects within the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin. Top of FormBottom of Form

Location: Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center

Address: 801 Front Avenue Columbus, GA 31901

The proposed updates to the ACF Master Manual, West Point, Walter F. George, and George W. Andrews Water Control Plans as well as the Drought Contingency Plan and supporting Integrated Letter Report and Tiered Environmental Assessment (ILR/TEA), posted on October 18, 2024, aim to enhance water control strategies in the ACF Basin. The Water Control Plans and Drought Contingency Plan updates are posted as Appendices C through G to the ILR/TEA documents and are available at https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Planning-Environmental/ACF-Master-Water-Control-Manual-Update/ACF-Document-Library/.

While comments will not be accepted at the meeting, correspondence concerning the draft ILR/TEA (unique identification number:  EAXX-202-00-K5P-1727867613) should be directed via email to heather.p.bulger@usace.army.mil or via mail to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, CESAM-PD-EI, Attention: Ms. Heather Bulger, Biologist, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628, in time to be received by November 19, 2024.


Contact
USACE Mobile District Public Affairs
(251) 690-2505
CESAM-PA@usace.army.mil

Release no. 24-021