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Public Notice 6/21/07

July 9, 2007 Public Meeting Announcement - Draft Restoration Plan and Supplemental Environmental Assessment

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, acting as the Housatonic River Natural Resource Trustees, have scheduled a meeting on July 9, 2007, to present a Draft Restoration Plan and Supplemental Environmental Assessment (RP/SEA) for the Housatonic River Watershed in Massachusetts.  The Draft RP/SEA incorporates the Trustees’ ten proposed projects developed from a suite of restoration project applications received through the Trustees’ Round 1 public solicitation process.  As announced in April 2007, this funding round provides a means to disburse $4 million to restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of injured natural resources and services of the Housatonic River watershed in Massachusetts.  The balance of the approximately $7.75 million received from the General Electric/Housatonic River Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration case will be disbursed in subsequent funding rounds.

The July 9, 2007, public meeting regarding the Draft RP/SEA will take place from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts  01240. 

The public will have an opportunity to comment on the Draft RP/SEA for a 30-day period following its release in late June 2007. Copies will be available for review through www.ma-housatonicrestoration.org and at local libraries.  The Trustees will receive public comment at the July 9 meeting.  Written comments can also be sent to: Housatonic Draft RP/SEA, Woodlot Alternatives, 30 Park Drive, Topsham, ME 04086.  The Trustees will consider public comments in making a final decision on projects eligible for funding.  A Final RP/SEA will incorporate the final list of Round 1 projects.

Information about the Housatonic River Watershed Restoration Project in Massachusetts is available online at www.ma-housatonicrestoration.org.  Additional information can be obtained by contacting Todd Chadwell of Woodlot Alternatives, Inc. at tchadwell@woodlotalt.com or (413) 442-9389.

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