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This is filing from October 17, 2005 regarding the Oroville Dam relicensing process. This Motion to Intervene was filed by the Friends of the River, the Sierra Club and the South Yuba Citizens League. The motion argues that the ungated auxillary spillway at Oroville Dam does not meet FERC’s Engineering Guidelines. This document is from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) at the following URLs. https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=10849040 https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/doc_info.asp?document_id=4347576 https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/File_list.asp?document_id=4347576 It is also quoted by Mercury News at http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/12/oroville-dam-feds-and-state-officials-ignored-warnings-12-years-ago, but that article does not provide a link to the source.