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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Bureau
of Reclamation News Release <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Notice
of Preparation Available and Scoping Meeting Scheduled for the Lewiston-Dark
Gulch Rehabilitation Project<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Media
Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Jeffrey
McCracken<br>
916-978-5100<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Released On: April 30, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Under
guidance of the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), the Bureau of
Reclamation, Federal lead agency, and the Trinity County Resource Conservation
District, State lead agency, announce the availability of a Notice of
Preparation (NOP) for a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the “Lewiston-Dark Gulch Rehabilitation
Project. The Draft EIR/EA will be a joint document prepared to meet the
National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act
requirements. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The
Lewiston-Dark Gulch Rehabilitation Project is located along approximately 6.3
miles of the Trinity River upstream of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Trinity Dam Blvd.</st1:address></st1:Street>
This project is one of several already implemented channel rehabilitation
efforts and one of many planned for the next five years which will help enhance
river processes and increase fisheries habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as
described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River
Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>A 30-day
public scoping period will be held Tuesday, May 1 to Thursday, May 31, 2007, to
elicit comments on the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and
significant effects to be analyzed in the Draft EIR/EA. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>A public
scoping meeting will be held on<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Tuesday, May
15, 2007<br>
6:30 p.m.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Community Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">302 Texas Avenue</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">96052</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Project
information will be presented and comments on the scope of the Draft EIR/EA
will be accepted. The NOP and future project information is also
available at: <a
href="http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2697"
title="blocked::http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2697">http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2697</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>For further
information or to receive a copy of the NOP, please contact Mr. Brandt
Gutermuth, Bureau of Reclamation, at 530-623-1806 or Mark Dowdle at Trinity
County Restoration Conservation District, at 530-623-6004. Written
comments may be sent to Mr. Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration Program, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box 1300</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Weaverville</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">96093</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>,
or e-mail <a href="mailto:bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov"
title="blocked::mailto:bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov">bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov</a> or
Mr. Dowdle, Trinity County RCD, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O.
Box 1450</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Weaverville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">96093</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>,
or e-mail <a href="mailto:mdowdle@tcrcd.net."
title="blocked::mailto:mdowdle@tcrcd.net.#">mdowdle@tcrcd.net.#</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=16741"
title="blocked::http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=16741">http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=16741</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><i><font size=3 color=gray
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Friends of <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>California Trout, Inc.,
Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
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CA 94942-2327</span></font></i><span lang=ES-EC><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>415 383 4810</span></font></i><span
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray;font-style:italic'>415 383 9562
fax<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>bwl3@comcast.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></font></i><i><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-style:italic'> <font color=gray><span style='color:gray'>(secondary)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=ES-EC style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>http://www.fotr.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic'>http://www.caltrout.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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