WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Yesterday, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) led a letter (https://bynum.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/bynum.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-usace-on-detroit-reservoir-drawdown.pdf) along with Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), urging the District Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Colonel Larry Caswell Jr., to ensure impacted communities are fully prepared before beginning work on the Detroit Reservoir deep drawdown which is scheduled for later this year.
The lawmakers expressed concerns over recent findings from the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (...