[env-trinity] Bureau Press Release - Raise Shasta Dam Scoping Meetings

[Byron]

Particularly see next to last paragraph.


Byron


Public Scoping Meetings Scheduled on the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation


The Bureau of Reclamation is conducting the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation (SLWRI).  The feasibility study and subsequent report for the SLWRI will include an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) consistent with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.  A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare the EIS was published in the Federal Register on Friday, October 7, 2005.  A new meeting location in Redding, California, has been added, and a revised NOI is anticipated to be posted in the Federal Register on Monday, October 24, 2005.

 Seven public scoping meetings are being held to solicit public input on topics to be addressed in the integrated SLWRI planning report and EIS, including resources to be evaluated, alternatives to be considered, and significant concerns and issues.  The meetings will be held as open houses, allowing participants the opportunity to drop by anytime during the scheduled times and interact directly with the SLWRI study team.  The meetings are scheduled as follows:
    €     Sacramento - Monday, October 24, 2005, anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Reclamation Mid-Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Cafeteria Conference Rooms, C-1001 and C-1002
    €     Concord - Monday, October 24, 2005, 6 to 9 p.m., Heald Conference Center, 5130 Commercial Circle, Room 3
    €     Los Angeles - Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 1 to 4 p.m., Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 700 North Alameda Street, Room 1-102
    €     Fresno - Tuesday, November 1, 2005, 6 to 9 p.m., Piccadilly Inn, 2305 West Shaw Avenue
    €     Dunsmuir - Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 6 to 9 p.m., Dunsmuir Community Building, 4835 Dunsmuir Avenue
    €     Redding - Thursday, November 3, 2005, *12 to 3 p.m., Redding Veterans Hall, 1605 Yuba Street (*new time)
    €     Red Bluff - Thursday, November 3, 2005, 6 to 9 p.m., Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jackson

The SLWRI is being conducted to develop an implementable plan principally involving the enlargement of Shasta Dam and reservoir to address two primary objectives:  (1) to increase the survival of anadromous fish populations in the upper Sacramento River, and (2) to increase water supply reliability for agricultural, municipal and industrial, and environmental purposes.  The SLWRI will also, to the extent possible through meeting these primary objectives, include features to benefit other identified ecosystem, flood control, and related water resources needs.


 Written comments on the scope of the environmental document are due by close of business on Friday, November 18, 2005, and should be sent to Mr. Louis Moore, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.  For additional information, please contact Mr. Moore at 916-978-5106, TDD 916-978-5608, or e-mail wmoore at mp.usbr.gov.   Additional information can also be obtained by contacting Ms. Donna Garcia, SLWRI Project Manager, at 916-978-5009, e-mail dgarcia at mp.usbr.gov, or by visiting the SLWRI Web site at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/slwri.

 

Byron Leydecker, 

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

Consultant, California Trout, Inc.

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810 ph

415 383 9562 fx

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bleydecker at stanfordalumni.org (secondary)

http://www.fotr.org

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