[env-trinity] Canyon Creek Suite of Rehabilitation Sites: Trinity River Mile 73 to 78 EA/Draft EIR available

[Brandt Gutermuth]

Trinity River enthusiasts - 

The Canyon Creek Suite of Rehabilitation Sites: Trinity River Mile 73
to 78  EA/Draft EIR is available on the internet for review and comment
at:

http://trrp.net/RestorationProgram/canyoncreek_ea_eir.htm 

or http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=1854 

This will be the second Mechanical Channel Rehabilitation Project that
the Trinity River Restoration Program will undertake.  Construction is
planned for August - Dec. 2006.   The 45 day comment period on the
EA/EIR ends on March 27, 2006.  

Please call or email with questions.
Brandt



DETAILS BELOW:  


The Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal lead agency, and the North Coast
Regional Water Quality Control Board, the State lead agency, announce
the availability of an Environmental Assessment/Draft Environmental
Impact Report (EA/DEIR) for the Canyon Creek Suite of Sites: Trinity
River Mile 73-78 (Project). The joint document is being prepared under
guidance of the Trinity River Restoration Program and meets California
Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Policy Act
requirements.

The proposed Project would conduct river rehabilitation activities at
four locations downstream of the recently constructed Hocker Flat
channel rehabilitation project at Junction City, California. Project
implementation will promote the alluvial processes necessary for
restoration and maintenance of salmonid habitat in the Trinity River,
which will be accomplished by re-contouring the bank and floodplain
features. The Project is a necessary step towards restoration of the
Trinity Rivers anadromous fishery as identified in the Interior
Secretary's December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River
Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement.

The EA/DEIR is available for a 45-day public review and comment period.
It is online at: http://www.trrp.net/ - select Canyon Creek Complex. The
document is available for review at the Trinity River Restoration
Program Office, 1313 South Main Street, Weaverville, and the Trinity
County Library, 211 North Main Street, Weaverville.

Comments must be received by close of business on March 27, 2006, and
should be sent to: Mr. Brandt Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration
Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093, or e-mailed to
bgutermuth at mp.usbr.gov . For further information or to request a copy
of the EA/DEIR, please contact Mr. Gutermuth at 530-623-1806. 



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Brandt Gutermuth, Environmental Specialist
Trinity River Restoration Program
PO Box 1300 (mailing) 
1313 Main Street (physical address)
Weaverville, CA  96093
(530) 623-1806 voice; (530) 623-5944 fax
Bgutermuth at mp.usbr.gov