[env-trinity] Reminder on Draft Trinity SEIS/EIR Public Hearings and Public Comment Period

[Tom Stokely]

Please note that the previous notice had the correct dates for the public hearings, but the wrong days of the week identified.  Also please note that the CEQA and NEPA deadlines for comments are different.  If you want your comments considered under NEPA, you had still better get your comments in by the June 22, 2004 deadline.



If anybody has any questions, please feel free to contact me at 530-628-5949.  



Tom Stokely

Principal Planner

Trinity Co. Planning Dept/Natural Resources



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The Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, Hoopa Valley Tribe, as federal co-lead agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Trinity County, as state lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), have made available for public review and comment the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/EIR) for the Trinity River Fishery Restoration Program (Program).   The 



Pursuant to NEPA, a 60-day public review period has been established for review of the SEIS/EIR. This review period began on April 23, 2004, and will end on June 22, 2004.  A 75-day public review period has been established pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.  This review period began on May 9, 2004, and will end on July 22, 2004.    Electronic copies of the SEIS/EIR are available for public review on the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific website for the Northern California Area Office at www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao (click on Projects/Activities/Documents, then on Trinity River - Restoration Program).  Hard copies of the document are available for review at the Trinity County Planning Department at 190 Glen Road in Weaverville and 98A Clinic Ave in Hayfork, and at Trinity County Libraries in Hayfork, Weaverville, and Trinity Center.  Electronic CD copies of the SEIS/EIR may be obtained at by contacting the Trinity County Planning Department and free of charge (subject to availability).  The documents referenced within the SEIS/EIR are also available for public review at the CH2M Hill office located at 2525 Airpark Drive, Redding, California.



Three public hearings have been scheduled to receive oral or written comments regarding the project's environmental effects:

 

Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, 1900 Hilltop Drive, Redding, CA

Thursday, June 3, 2004, 4:30 - 7:30: p.m., Hoopa Fire Department, Highway 96, Hoopa, CA

Thursday, June 10, 2004, at 7 p.m. or soon thereafter, at the Trinity County Planning Commission, Trinity County Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, Trinity County Library, 211 Main Street, Weaverville, CA

Written comments are encouraged.  Written comments on the Draft SEIS/EIR should be sent no later than June 22, 2004 to Mr. Russell Smith, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 723, Shasta, CA 96087; telephone:  530-275-1554; fax 530-275-2441.   Written comments submitted after June 22, 2004 pursuant to CEQA and prior to July 22, 2004 should be sent to Mr. Tom Stokely, Trinity County Natural Resources, P.O. Box 156, Hayfork, CA 96041-0156; telephone 530-628-5949; fax 530-628-5800.  
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