[env-trinity] Fw: Draft EIS Comment Period Extended for San Luis Drainage Feature Re-Evaluation

[Tom Stokely]

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From: <jsierzputowski at mp.usbr.gov>
To: "Tom Stokely" <tstokely at trinityalps.net>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Draft EIS Comment Period Extended for San Luis Drainage Feature
Re-Evaluation


> Reclamation issued the following press release on Monday, August 1, 2005.
If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please call Lynnette
Wirth at 916-978-5102 or send her an e-mail at lwirth at mp.usbr.gov.
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> Janet Sierzputowski
> Public Affairs Office
> Bureau of Reclamation
> 916-978-5112
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> Mid-Pacific Region
> Sacramento, CA
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> MP-05-095
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> Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken  916-978-5100
>     jmccracken at mp.usbr.gov
> For Release On:  August 1, 2005
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> Draft EIS Comment Period Extended for San Luis Drainage Feature
Re-Evaluation
>
> The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public review and comment
period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the San Luis
Drainage Feature Re-evaluation.  The comment period, which had been
scheduled to close on August 1, 2005, has been extended to Thursday,
September 1, 2005, to allow the public additional time to consider the Draft
EIS and provide informed comments.
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> Reclamation has been re-evaluating options for providing drainage service
to the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project.  Drainage service
alternatives in the Draft EIS are aimed at maintaining environmental quality
and providing for continued agricultural production.  The Draft EIS is
available online at
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=61.  Additional
information is available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/sccao/sld/index.html.
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> Written comments must now be received by close of business on Thursday,
September 1, 2005, and should be sent to:  Ms. Claire Jacquemin, Bureau of
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-700, Sacramento, CA 95825.  Comments may
also be faxed to Ms. Jacquemin at 916-978-5094 or e-mailed to
cjacquemin at mp.usbr.gov.  To request a compact disc, please contact Ms.
Jacquemin at 916-978-5119.  For additional information, please contact Mr.
Jerry Robbins, Project Manager, at 916-978-5061, TDD 916-978-5608.  If you
encounter problems accessing documents online, please contact Ms. Lynnette
Wirth at 916-978-5102 or lwirth at mp.usbr.gov.
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