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Notice of Preparation Available and Scoping Meeting Scheduled for the Lewiston-Dark Gulch Rehabilitation Project
Media Contact:
Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmcracken@mp.usbr.gov
For Release: April 30, 2007
Under guidance of the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), the Bureau of Reclamation, Federal lead agency, and the Trinity County Resource Conservation District, State lead agency, announce the availability of a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the “Lewiston-Dark Gulch Rehabilitation Project. The Draft EIR/EA will be a joint document prepared to meet the National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act requirements.
The Lewiston-Dark Gulch Rehabilitation Project is located along approximately 6.3 miles of the Trinity River upstream of the New Bridge on Trinity Dam Blvd. This project is one of several already implemented channel rehabilitation efforts and one of many planned for the next five years which will help enhance river processes and increase fisheries habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement.
A 30-day public scoping period will be held Tuesday, May 1 to Thursday, May 31, 2007, to elicit comments on the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in the Draft EIR/EA.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
Project information will be presented and comments on the scope of the Draft EIR/EA will be accepted. The NOP and future project information is also available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=2697.
For further information or to receive a copy of the NOP, please contact Mr. Brandt Gutermuth, Bureau of Reclamation, at 530-623-1806 or Mark Dowdle at Trinity County Restoration Conservation District, at 530-623-6004. Written comments may be sent to Mr. Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093, or e-mail bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov or Mr. Dowdle, Trinity County RCD, P.O. Box 1450, Weaverville, CA 96093, or e-mail mdowdle@tcrcd.net.
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