<div><p>Murray County Conservation District and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oklahoma will be holding the first public meeting for the Rock Creek Watershed Project. The Rock Creek Watershed Project involves completing a USDA-NRCS Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Document (Plan-ED) for the Flood Water Retarding Structures (FWRS) Rock Creek No. 10 and No. 12 in Murray County. Anticipated improvements to these dams involve evaluating safety concerns resulting from a failure of the dams, assessing necessary upgrades to meet NRCS and Oklahoma dam safety criteria and performance standards for current high hazard potential classification, and maintaining the existing level of flood protection. A Plan-ED will be developed for each site to determine how each dam should be rehabilitated to meet current NRCS safety criteria.</p><p>The first public meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the USDA-NRCS Murray County Field Office (3490 HWY 7 W) in Sulphur. The meeting will be formatted as an open house; therefore, the public is welcome to stop by anytime during its two-hour time frame. No formal presentations will be given. A map showing the project area is available for Rock 10 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/oklahoma/rock-creek-site-10-watershed-plan-and and Rock 12 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/oklahoma/rock-creek-site-12-watershed-plan-and.</p><p>Community participation is important to the successful development of the Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Document (Plan-ED). If members of the public are unable to participate in the meeting, but would like to provide written comments, comments may be submitted to Roderick Dukes at Roderick.dukes@usda.gov. Alternatively, comments may be mailed to NRCS, Attn: Roderick Dukes, USDA-NRCS Assistant State Conservationist for Water Resources at 100 USDA, Suite 206, Stillwater, OK 74074. If we do not hear from you by Nov.15, we will assume you have no comments regarding the project at this time. For additional information contact Mr. Dukes at (405-) 742-1220 or by email at the aforementioned email address.</p></div>

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Public Meeting for the Rock Creek Watershed Project

Murray County Conservation District and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oklahoma will be holding the first public meeting for the Rock Creek Watershed Project. The Rock Creek Watershed Project involves completing a USDA-NRCS Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Document (Plan-ED) for the Flood Water Retarding Structures (FWRS) Rock Creek No. 10 and No. 12 in Murray County. Anticipated improvements to these dams involve evaluating safety concerns resulting from a failure of the dams, assessing necessary upgrades to meet NRCS and Oklahoma dam safety criteria and performance standards for current high hazard potential classification, and maintaining the existing level of flood protection. A Plan-ED will be developed for each site to determine how each dam should be rehabilitated to meet current NRCS safety criteria.