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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>MERCURY NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Posted on Fri, Apr. 08, 2005 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Trinity
Lake mercury, security restrictions announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DON
THOMPSON</span></font></b><br>
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<b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Associated
Press</span></font></b><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>SACRAMENTO</span></font></b></st1:City><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> - </span></b>State and federal regulators announced
new mercury and security restrictions Friday for <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>, a popular destination in the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountains</st1:PlaceType>
northwest of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Redding</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The federal Bureau
of Reclamation is closing, as of Sunday, its property around Trinity Dam for
security reasons, though limited fishing access will still be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The closure
includes 700 feet downstream and on either side of the dam, and from the dam
crest to the upstream waterline, which varies depending on the surface level of
the reservoir also known as Clair Engle Lake.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Generally
people couldn't get there anyway" on the upstream side, said bureau
spokesman Jeff McCracken. Fishermen on foot and bicycles still will be allowed
to enter the area on the west side downstream, "which is where they go
anyway now. The average person won't notice the difference, frankly."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Also Friday, the
California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment warned of mercury in fish in <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> and the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> watershed from decades-old gold and mercury mining
activities there dating to the Gold Rush. An interim county advisory has been
in effect since July 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In addition to the
lake and the river, the warning includes <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>, Coffee Creek, Canyon Creek,
Eastman Creek, Eastman Dredge Ponds, Carrville Pond, Crow Creek, Tamarack
Creek, the <st1:place w:st="on">New River</st1:place> and the East Fork Trinity
River and its tributaries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The public can
still eat fish, but especially children and women of childbearing age should
restrict how much fish they eat, the state advised, with the frequency
depending on the species.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The office is
seeking public comments on a draft mercury warning and its evaluation of the
health threat. A hearing is set for 11:30 a.m. May 3 at the Victorian Inn
Conference Room in Weaverville.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ON
THE NET</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Find Bureau of
Reclamation project information: <a
href="http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/projects.html">http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/projects.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Read a mercury
fact sheet and draft report: www.oehha.ca.gov.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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