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Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, questions Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, about the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during an Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited emerging technical reports from two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, citing concrete that was thinner than modern standards call for, cracks, tree roots that had blocked spillway drains and bedrock anchoring the dam that was far weaker then assumed as some of the reasons for the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, center, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, and consultant David Gutierrez, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a joint Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, flanked by Resources Secretary John Laird, left, discusses the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited numerous factors emerging from technical reports done by two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, that contributed to the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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David Gutierrez, a consultant for the Department of Water Resources., answers a lawmaker's questions concerning the damaged spillways of the Oroville Dam during a joint Assembly committee hearing Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers cited emerging technical reports from two independent teams of experts on the Oroville Dam's two spillway's, citing concrete that was thinner than modern standards call for, cracks, tree roots that had blocked spillway drains and bedrock anchoring the dam that was far weaker then assumed as some of the reasons for the near collapse of the spillways that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. At left is Resources Secretary John Laird, in the center is Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this undated photo provided by Australia's Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, a black-spined toad is seen inside a shoe of a passenger from Indonesia, in Cairns, northeast Australia. Australian quarantine authorities on Thursday, May 11, 2017, urged travelers through Asia to avoid bringing in hitchhiking amphibians after a passenger arrived at an airport with a dead Indonesian toad in his shoe. (Australia's Department of Agriculture and Water Resources via AP)
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State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, right, questions Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Resources, about the damage to the spillway of the Oroville Dam, during a hearing of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Croyle and Natural Resources Secretary John Laird, updated lawmakers on the actions taken to repair the damaged spillway that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, left, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, discusses the damaged spillway on the Oroville Dam during a hearing of the Senate of the Natural Resources and Water Committee, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Croyle and Natural Resources Secretary John Laird, right, updated lawmakers on the actions taken to repair the damaged spillway that caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream of the Oroville Dam in February. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this photo taken Oct. 7, 2009, California Department of Water Resources crews do maintenance repairs on the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, Calif. Six months before rushing water scoured a huge hole in a channel that drains a Northern California reservoir, state inspectors said the concrete spillway was sound. In recent years, construction crews patched cracks - including in the area where water burrowed a huge pit - and a state inspector called the repairs “sound” in his February 2015 report. (Barbara Arrigoni/The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)
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Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea, left, answers a question concerning his decision to lift the evacuation order and allow people to return home, as Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Resources, right, looks on during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 14 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Honea ordered mass evacuations on Sunday for everyone living below the Oroville Lake, out of concerns the Oroville Dam's emergency spillway could fail and send a 30-foot wall of water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Resources, discusses the repairs on the emergency spillway of Oroville Dam during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 14 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The evacuation order that was put in place Sunday out of concerns the dam's emergency spillway could fail was lifted allowing people to return home. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks during a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. A Northern California sheriff says evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks as Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea listens at a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. Honea said evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks during a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. A Northern California sheriff says evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A employee of the Department of Water Resources watches as water flows over the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Water started flowing over the spillway, at the nation's tallest dam, for the first time Saturday morning after erosion damaged the Northern California dam's main spillway.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Water trickles down as workers inspect part of the Lake Oroville spillway failure on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 in Oroville, Calif. The Department of Water Resources said the erosion at Lake Oroville does not pose a threat to the earthen dam or public safety, and the reservoir has plenty of capacity to handle the continuing rain. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
