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It'll cost you less to call your Congress(wo)man now than to pay for
Auburn Dam later, if the Fazio amendment passes next week.  Please
call today, whether you live in California or not.  The Congressional
switchboard number is 202-224-3121.  You can save even more money by
calling your Representative's local office!  Thank you.


		AUBURN DAM UPDATE

The House is supposed to vote on the Natural Resources Development
Act of 1992 (HR 5754) next Wednesday, September 16.  From the floor,
Vic Fazio will try to add his Auburn Dam amendment to this bill.

Here's how you can help defeat Auburn dam: call your Congress(wo)man's
office and say "Please vote against adding the Auburn Dam amendment
(HR 5414) to the Natural Resources Development Act of 1992 (HR 5754)
when Congressman Fazio proposes this amendment next week."

Auburn Dam is being touted for flood control, but levee improvements
would be more effective, and cheaper.  Auburn Dam is supposed to be a
dry dam-- a billion dollars of concrete with no water behind it.

The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency's consulting engineers report*
recommends several actions-- upgrading existing flood control levees,
lowering an existing spillway on Folsom Dam, and making a modest change
in Folsom flood storage-- to provide real flood control for Sacramento,
and save taxpayers more than $567 million in dam building costs.

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* "A Review of Key Issues from the American River Watershed
Investigation Feasibility Study and an Analysis of Alternatives
for Increasing Flood Protection in Sacramento", Mitchell Swanson
and Associates, March 1992.