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June 13, 2018 Environmental

Oroville Dam Failure Inspires Emergency Action Plan Requirements

Emergencies in California seem to hit the news all the time, from wildfires, droughts and mudslides to earthquakes and floods. One of the more dramatic events in recent history was the disaster in February 2017 at the Oroville Dam in Northern California. During the crisis, emergency evacuation was delayed because the inundation map and Emergency Action Plan (EAP) on file did not address the potential failure of the emergency spillway. The Oroville Dam spillway failure has exposed the need for updated emergency preparation across the state and elsewhere in the country.

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