What is the date/time of the hearing in Sioux City?

Lorinda


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From: "Jane Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:29 AM
Subject: Missouri River News


> America's Most Endangered River reaches the crossroads
> Public comment on future of the Missouri River opens on a sour note
>
> Chad Smith, American Rivers
>
> (Lincoln, NE) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open a six-month
> public comment period tomorrow on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
> that will determine the future of the Missouri River, the nation's longest
> and most historically significant. After more than ten years of
bureaucratic
> foot-dragging and political football in the halls of Congress, the people
> living along America's most endangered river finally have the opportunity
to
> speak for themselves about its fate.
>
> Two widely divergent visions for the river are buried within the
> bureaucratic and technical language of the draft "Master Water Control
> Manual" EIS for the Corps' six Missouri River dams. One vision is for a
> river restored - supporting robust fish and wildlife populations and
driving
> the region's economy as a recreation and tourism destination.  The other
is
> for the status quo - a river shackled to protect a languishing barge
> industry and placate unfounded fears of increased flooding.
>
> "The question before us is, do we want a river we can be proud of for the
> bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's voyage?" said Rebecca Wodder, president
of
> American Rivers, which designated the river as the nation's Most
Endangered
> River in April, 2001. "For more than ten years, a handful of special
> interests have used every trick in the book to prevent the public from
> having its chance to answer that."
>
> The Army Corps has released a tentative list hearing locations
> including Sioux City, IA.
>
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