http://www.cityoforoville.org/home/showdocument?id=14878
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4), the Council will meet with the Acting City Administrator and City Attorney regarding potential initiation of litigation – one case (related to Oroville Spillway incident).
Letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - MUCH more at link!
http://www.cityoforoville.org/home/showdocument?id=14878
1)The residents of Oroville and the surrounding areas deserve to know how this happened. Several public interest organizations brought up the inadequacy of the emergency spillway during the FERC relicensing process in 2005. FERC and DWR assured us that the dam was safe and could handle any foreseeable flood event. We believed this to be true. The emergency spillway was allegedly rated to 500,000 (+/-) cfs and yet it nearly failed with a flow of just 12,000 cfs. It is readily apparent that the dam safety regulators at FERC did not take the safety of the citizens of Oroville seriously. With this concern in mind, we request an oversight hearing by FERC’s Division of Dam Safety to determine how this regulatory failure occurred.
The words "one case (related to Oroville Spillway incident)." seems to indicate a specific situation. Looking up CA law for the designated codes doesn't reveal any further insights (specific circumstance) other than either a decision to litigate or deciding to initiate litigation.
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California Code, Government Code - GOV § 54956.9
(d) For purposes of this section, litigation shall be considered pending when any of the following circumstances exist:
(4) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the legislative body of the local agency has decided to initiate or is deciding whether to initiate litigation.
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http://codes.findlaw.com/ca/government-code/gov-sect-54956-9.html