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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I was just informed that my emails to the list serve have not
been coming through. I apologize. Please be aware that the
Final Master EIR is available and that In-channel work is being done now at the
Sawmill site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If you have any questions - please reply to me at this email or
call at 530.623.1806<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Brandt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gutermuth, F.
Brandt <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Trinity List serve<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Final Master EIR available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear Trinity River Enthusiasts - </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Final Master Environmental Impact Report for Trinity
River Restoration Program (TRRP) Channel Rehabilitation and Sediment Management
is now available. The final incorporates the Draft by reference so -
you'll have to read the entire document - but it should be worth it! I
hope and believe that this California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document
will facilitate getting TRRP work on the river in a more efficient
fashion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you to all who helped put this document together and
especially to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, our
California Environmental Quality Act lead for the Master EIR. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please check it out at: </span><u><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.trrp.net/implementation/remainingP1.htm</span></u><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Brandt Gutermuth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Environmental Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Trinity River Restoration Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>PO Box 1300 (mailing)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>1313 S. Main Street (physical)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Weaverville, CA 96093<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>530.623.1806 (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>530.623.5944 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:blue'>www.trrp.net</span></u><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (website)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>THE OFFICIAL COVER LETTER for the EIR follows:
____________________________________________________________________</span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%'><span class=bodytextchar1><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.25in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:78.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-42.0pt'><span
class=bodytextchar1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Subject:
Final Master Environmental Impact Report for Trinity River Restoration Program
Channel Rehabilitation and Sediment Management at Remaining Phase 1 and Phase 2
sites <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
class=bodytextchar1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
class=bodytextchar1><span style='color:black'>Dear Interested Parties:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
class=bodytextchar1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=bodytextchar1><span style='color:black'>Under
guidance of the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), the Bureau of
Reclamation has acted as the Project Proponent in preparation of </span></span><span
style='color:black'>a programmatic Master Environmental Impact Report (Master
EIR) and site specific Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) to
evaluate impacts of proposed TRRP activities for <span class=bodytextchar1>Channel
Rehabilitation and Sediment Management at Remaining Phase 1 and Phase 2 sites</span>.
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region
(Regional Water Board), is the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lead
agency for preparation of these documents. The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) component of the original joint CEQA/NEPA EA/Draft EIR for
Remaining Phase 1 Rehabilitation Activities has been completed with the signing
of a federal Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for these
activities. When the Final Master EIR is certified under CEQA <span
class=bodytextchar1>by the Regional Water Board, it will serve </span>similar
functions under CEQA, as the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) under NEPA. The Final Master EIR
will provide programmatic CEQA level review from which site-specific project
reviews may tier from. Both the FEIS, and now the Final Master EIR, are
meant to support and facilitate implementation of the Secretary of
Interior’s December 2000 Record of Decision (ROD) for Trinity River
Restoration. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=bodytextchar1><span
style='color:black'>The mechanical channel rehabilitation and sediment management
activities evaluated by these environmental documents were </span></span><span
style='color:black'>originally identified in the ROD as necessary steps towards
restoration of the Trinity River’s anadromous fishery.<span
class=bodytextchar1> To this end, the TRRP’s efforts are intended
to </span>increase habitat for all life stages of wild salmon and steelhead
native to the Trinity River. River restoration activities, as described
in the Final Master EIR-Final EIR would create additional fish and wildlife
habitat at a number of discrete locations; and over time, further increases in
habitat are anticipated as riverine processes are restored. Work to be
performed includes <span class=bodytextchar1>re-contouring bank and floodplain
features, as well as conducting in-river work such as gravel placement and
grade control removal. In addition to various construction activities,
the Final Master EIR - Final EIR completes the analyses necessary to authorize
ongoing restoration activities such as gravel addition during high spring flows
and control of fine sediment. Construction activities, evaluated in the Final
Master EIR – Final EIR, are scheduled to begin in late-summer 2009 at the
Sawmill Restoration site, near Cemetery hole on the mainstem Trinity. </span></span><span
class=bodytextchar1><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=bodytextchar1><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=bodytextchar1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>The attached
Final Master EIR - Final EIR includes the Draft Master EIR - Draft EIR
(incorporated by reference), a list of persons and agencies commenting on the
Draft environmental documents, written comments, Lead Agency responses to
comments, revised Draft Master EIR – Draft EIR text, and a Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the proposed Project. Prior
to approving the Project, the Water Control Board will certify that the Final
Master EIR- Final EIR is in compliance with CEQA. The document will then
be used to support necessary permit applications as well as to identify and
adopt appropriate monitoring and mitigation plans. </span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Electronic
copies of the fore-mentioned environmental documents, as well as the signed
federal Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), are available on the
TRRP’s website at: </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.trrp.net/implementation/remainingP1.htm"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.trrp.net/implementation/remainingP1.htm</span></a></span><span
style='color:black'> , or on <span class=bodytextchar1>Reclamation’s
Mid-Pacific Region website at: </span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=3138"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=3138</span></a></span><span
style='color:black'>. Hard copies of the documents may also be reviewed
at the TRRP Office at 1313 South Main Street (next to Tops grocery) <span
class=bodytextchar1>or at </span>the Trinity County library, 211 North Main
Street; in Weaverville, California. </span><span class=bodytextchar1><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=n1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>If you have
any questions concerning this document or the Project, please contact Mr.
Brandt Gutermuth, TRRP, at 530-623-1806 or </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\dljackson\Local%20Settings\Local%20Settings\DraftCnyn\bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>bgutermuth@mp.usbr.gov</span></a></span><span
style='color:black'>. or Mr. Dean Prat, of the Water Quality Control Board, at
707-576-2801 or </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:dprat@waterboards.ca.gov"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>dprat@waterboards.ca.gov</span></a></span><span
style='color:black'>.</span><span class=bodytextchar1><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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