I grew up around Gavins Point Dam stretching across the boundary of Nebraska and South Dakota. Severe flooding on the upper Missouri may be a rare event, but harsh criticism of the the US ARMY corp of engineers isn't. For decades, stakeholders up and down the river have waged a fierce struggle over how the corps has managed water releases from the great 6 Missouri River reservoirs -- struggles triggered equally by periods of low water as this year's high water.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL | The EPA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) determines whether expensive dikes and levees stay or go after the 2011 Missou

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SIOUX CITY IA -- Many businesses, industries and government entities that built costly levees and dikes to safeguard their buildings against this summer's Missouri River flooding don't want to tear down the protective structures after the flooding subsides.... Brown noted a number of federal and state agencies have jurisdiction, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and agencies enforcing the National Environmental Policy Act. He and Clark said local officials will work with flood managers at those agencies to see if they will approve waivers allowing the flood structures to remain...

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