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Wednesday’s top of the scroll: Group wants Delta flood report halted; Quake threat exaggerated, some contend

Posted by: Maven on June 3, 2009 at 8:21 am

From Stockton’s Record:

Local officials Tuesday asked the state to put the brakes on a Delta flood risk report, claiming that it exaggerates the risk of earthquakes to the levees protecting the estuary’s islands and much of California’s water supply. Such overstatements are already being used to justify proposals that could affect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region’s future, local officials told the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.

The board then passed a resolution calling on the state to keep the study from moving forward until concerns raised in earlier independent reviews are adequately addressed.

“It is not ready to be used as a basis for major policy decisions,” Mark Connelly, engineering manager of the county’s Flood Management Division, said in a presentation to the board. “We believe there are serious technical questions.”

The science behind the report is sound and has been reviewed by expert consultants and the U.S. Geological Survey, said Dale Hoffman-Floerke, executive environmental manager at the state Department of Water Resources. “We stand by the information that’s in the document.”

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June 3, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues, Levees

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