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  • Corps to have public meetings about Whittier Narrows Dam study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have two public meetings in January to discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modification Study. The meetings are scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Rivera Park Auditorium, 9530 Shade Lane, Pico Rivera, and from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works headquarters, 900 South Fremont Avenue, Alhambra.

  • Corps to have public meetings about Whittier Narrows Dam study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have two public meetings in January to discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modification Study. The meetings are scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Rivera Park Auditorium, 9530 Shade Lane, Pico Rivera, and from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works headquarters, 900 South Fremont Avenue, Alhambra.

  • Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during rain storms

    Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams, operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The purpose of the project is to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2019 Civil Works Appropriations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program yesterday.

  • Corps issues penalty to Southern California company

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District issued a nearly $42,000 administrative penalty to SunCal Companies of Irvine, California, for noncompliance of a Clean Water Act permit associated with the Norco Ridge Ranch project in Norco, California.

  • Corps to host public meetings about Westminster Flood Risk Management Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have two public meetings in November to discuss the Westminster, East Garden Grove, California, Flood Risk Management Study. The meetings are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Westminster Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Meadowlark Golf Club, 16782 Graham St., Huntington Beach.

  • Army Corps to conduct public meeting on Kirtland Demolition Bombing Range study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District will host an open house to update the public on the former Kirtland Demolition Bombing Range study and proposed plan.

  • Corps to begin dredging at Oceanside Harbor

    The Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District plans to dredge Oceanside Harbor this fall. Manson Construction, the Corps’ contractor, will begin the work in October after environmental restrictions – which include dredging during the California least tern nesting season – have ended.

  • Corps to host community meeting in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District will host an open house to update the public on the former Kingman ground-to-ground gunnery range.

  • Corps’ LA District to change commanders at July 19 ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District will conduct a change of command ceremony at 10:30 a.m. July 19 at the Community Center, Fort MacArthur, in San Pedro. Col. Kirk Gibbs, LA District’s 61st commander, will relinquish command to Col. Aaron Barta in a traditional Army ceremony.