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<span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP,
Program) is beginning a 30-day public comment period (October 10, 2023 to November 8, 2023) to allow the public to review the draft of our Winter-Spring Augmentation Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS). This EA/IS explains the need to develop additional
augmentation sites upstream of Indian Creek on the Trinity River mainstem as well as how the actions will be implemented. The purpose of this notice is to invite interested parties to provide comments during this public comment period, pursuant to 40 CFR §
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(5) Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act Implementation Regulations. 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508 (2020).</span><br class="ContentPasted0">
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