California Resident Files Injunction to Prevent Dynamite Blasting at Oroville Dam

California Resident Files Injunction to Prevent Dynamite Blasting at Oroville Dam
A view of of the heavily damaged spillway at Lake Oroville on April 11, 2017 in Oroville, Calif. on April 11, 2017. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Nathan Su
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YUBA CITY, Calif.—A resident filed an injunction to prevent construction blasting using explosives near the Oroville Dam on March 22 at Butte County Superior Court, after becoming worried the public work could cause the collapse of the dam.

The injunction was filed by plaintiff Paul Preston against defendant California Department of Water Resource (DWR).