UPDATE:
If you were unable to attend the Corps’ Scoping Meeting in Gainesville on October 29, you may submit your comments on the Water Control Manual Update and Environmental Impact Statement / Chattahoochee – Flint River Basin on the Corps’ Web site until November 21, 2008. Please follow the link or send a letter to their address. www.acf-wcm.com. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. 107 Saint Francis Street Suite 1403, Mobile, AL 36602-9986
Dear List Members,
Please remember an important deadline coming up next Monday and the Corps’ Scoping Meeting on Wednesday.
Monday is the deadline for your comments on the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s request to the Corps to reduce the minimum amount of flow in the Chattahoochee River at Peachtree Creek in Atlanta by 13% between November 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009. This will reduce this flow from 485 million gallons a day (MGD) to 420 MGD, thereby leaving an additional 11.7 billion gallons of water in Lake Lanier.
If you haven’t done so already, please take a few minutes and complete the online comment form by Monday, October 27.
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Please attend the Corps of Engineers’ public scoping meeting on Wednesday, October 29 from 5- 8 p.m. at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville. This meeting is part of the Corps’ review and update of the Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. Attendees will have the opportunity to give their feedback on the issues and concerns regarding the process. The meetings will be set up in an open-house format allowing attendees to review specific basin information.
This meeting is your opportunity to record your views on management of Lake Lanier with the Corps and show the Corps how important Lake Lanier is to you. Attendees will be able to submit their comments at a computer station, by talking to a court reporter or by submitting prepared written comments.
Please include the following significant areas in your comments:
Lake Lanier should not be drawn down for mussels and other endangered species in the Apalachicola River;
During the rainy season, the Corps should allow Lake Lanier to reach full pool no later than June 1;
Management triggers must be in place for Lake Lanier withdrawals during times of drought;
Raise Lake Lanier’s full pool from 1071 ft above sea level to 1073 ft, thereby adding an additional 26 billion gallons of water to the lake.
Please share this information with your friends and neighbors so there’s a great turnout at this meeting!
Vicki Barnhorst
The Lake Lanier Association
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