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Army Corps outlines New Bullard's Bar and Oroville water-control manual updates, NEPA to start in 2026
Summary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers briefed the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency on updates to the New Bullard's Bar and Oroville water control manuals, saying NEPA work should begin in late 2025 or early 2026 with final manuals targeted around mid-2027.
The Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency heard a detailed briefing from Jenny Fromm, chief of the water management section at the U.S. Army Corps's Sacramento District, about upcoming updates to the New Bullard's Bar and Oroville water control manuals. Fromm said the Corps derives its authority for flood-control operations from the Flood Control Act of 1944 and that water control manuals provide standing operational instructions for reservoir operators.
Fromm told the board the update process varies by type: administrative updates (contact and hydrology record updates), comprehensive updates (revising operations) and construction updates (where structural changes may alter operations). "A comprehensive update…
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