SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District today released the draft Orestimba Creek flood risk management feasibility study and environmental assessment/initial statement for review and public comment. The comment period will remain open until Feb. 7, in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
The report tentatively identifies a plan to build more than four miles of levee to a height of up to seven feet at an estimated cost of $44 million to reduce flood risk to the city of Newman and surrounding agricultural areas. Developing the report and plan was a cooperation of the Corps, Stanislaus County and the state’s Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
The draft report can be reviewed on the district’s website at: http://1.usa.gov/ZhJWXb
It is also available at the following locations:
· The City of Newman Library, 1305 Kern Street, Newman, California 95360;
· The City of Newman City Hall, 938 Fresno Street, Newman, California 95360;
· The City of Newman website at http://www.cityofnewman.com/component/docman
For media queries, please contact: Tyler Stalker at (916) 557-5107
For comments, questions or requests for report copies, please contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, Attention: Ms. Robin Rosenau, Environmental Manager, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Rosenau may also be reached at (916) 557-5397 or by email at robin.m.rosenau@usace.army.mil
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Release no. 13-001