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EA/DEIR Available for the Canyon Creek Suite of Rehabilitation Sites, Part of the Trinity River Restoration Program

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmccracken@mp.usbr.gov

For Release: February 10, 2006

The Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal lead agency, and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, the State lead agency, announce the availability of an Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Report (EA/DEIR) for the Canyon Creek Suite of Rehabilitation Sites: Trinity River Mile 73-78 (Project). The joint document is being prepared under guidance of the Trinity River Restoration Program and meets California Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Policy Act requirements.

The proposed Project involves river rehabilitation activities at four locations downstream of the recently constructed Hocker Flat channel rehabilitation project at Junction City, California. Project implementation would promote restoration and maintenance of salmonid habitat by re-contouring the bank and floodplain features and providing more frequent access of the Trinity River to its floodplain. The Project is a necessary step towards restoration of the Trinity Rivers anadromous fishery as identified in the Interior Secretarys December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement.

The EA/DEIR is available for a 45-day public review and comment period. It may be viewed online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=1854. The document may also be reviewed at the Trinity River Restoration Program Office, 1313 South Main Street, Weaverville, or the Trinity County Library, 211 North Main Street, Weaverville.

Comments must be received by close of business March 27, 2006, and should be sent to Mr. Brandt Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093, or e-mailed to bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov. For further information or to request a copy of the EA/DEIR, please contact Mr. Gutermuth at 530-623-1806.

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