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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Document to Supplement Flows in the Lower Klamath River with Trinity Reservoir Water

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov

For Release: August 02, 2016

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the possible release of Trinity Reservoir-stored water to supplement flows to the lower Klamath River in late summer 2016.

The proposed action to supplement flows was prepared as a contingency plan if environmental conditions present an elevated risk of a large-scale fish die-off from the fish disease Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich). Real-time environmental and biological monitoring would be used to determine if and when to implement the proposed action.

The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=26477. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

Comments are due by close of business Monday, August 8, 2016, to Paul Zedonis, Northern California Area Office, 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd., Shasta Lake, CA 96019 or bor-slo-kff2016ea@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA, please contact Zedonis at 530-276-2047. The document may also be viewed at Reclamation's Northern California Area Office at the above address.

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