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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Capitol Lake \u2013 Deschutes Estuary Long-Term Management Project is now available. This begins a 45\u2011day public comment period (June 30 \u2013 August 13, 2021). Comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted through an online comment form, via email or mail, and at an online public hearing.<\/p>\n
The EIS provides a description of the long-term management alternatives and an impartial discussion of significant environmental impacts and benefits, as well as mitigation measures that would avoid or minimize adverse impacts or enhance environmental quality. Neither short-term actions (e.g., dredging) nor a long-term management alternative (Managed Lake, Estuary, or Hybrid) can be implemented without an EIS.<\/p>\n
The Draft EIS is available in the project library<\/a> for download in full and by chapter. Printed copies of the Draft EIS are also available for public viewing at five locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n Visit the online open house<\/a> for a high-level summary of the contents of the Draft EIS, details on how to provide comments, and information on public activities designed to facilitate public review and comment on the Draft EIS. The online open house will be available throughout the comment period \u2013 visit anytime.<\/p>\n The Draft EIS includes discussion of the following:<\/p>\n Join the EIS Project Team during online office hour sessions. Drop into the Zoom meeting anytime during these hours to ask clarifying questions and learn more about the Draft EIS. There is no set agenda or presentation. Formal Draft EIS comments cannot be submitted during office hours \u2013 please see below for details on how to submit your comments.<\/p>\n July 7, 2021 \u2013 2-3\u00a0PM<\/b> July 14, 2021 \u2013 7-8 PM<\/b> July 15, 2021 \u2013 10-11 AM<\/b> Kiosks include:<\/p>\n The EIS Project Team will be providing a presentation and answering clarifying questions at the following Work Group and Stakeholder meetings. All meetings are open to the public. Please visit the website<\/a> to find more details and review meeting agendas and materials.<\/p>\n Formal Draft EIS comments cannot be submitted during these meetings \u2013 please see below for details on how to submit your comments.<\/i><\/p>\n Technical Work Group<\/b> Executive Work Group<\/b> Community Sounding Board<\/b> We continue to schedule briefings with groups and organizations throughout the community. The presentation will be consistent with the presentation at the Work Group and Stakeholder meetings, including a summary of Draft EIS content, an overview of key findings, and information about how to provide comments. We will answer clarifying questions. If you are interested in a briefing for your organization, please email us at info@capitollakedeschutesestuaryeis.org<\/a> or call (360) 407-9323<\/a>.<\/p>\n Enterprise Services will review comments received on the Draft EIS and evaluate whether additional technical analyses are required to ensure a complete evaluation and support informed decision-making on a preferred alternative for long-term management of Capitol Lake \u2013 Deschutes Estuary.<\/p>\n All comments submitted will be considered equally regardless of how they are submitted. Comments that are identical (e.g., form letters) or similar in nature will be treated as single comments. All comments will be documented in the Final EIS comment response summary.<\/p>\n Comments that address a specific aspect of the project or the Draft EIS, rather than simply expressing a preference for or against the project alternatives, are most useful. Comments should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if the comments refer to chapters and pages of the Draft EIS.<\/p>\n Specific topics to consider in your comments on the Draft\u00a0EIS include:<\/p>\n Department of Enterprise Services Join us on July 27, 2021, for an online public hearing<\/a>. Enterprise Services staff and EIS Project Team members will attend to hear your feedback and comments on the Draft EIS. The online public hearing is one of multiple ways to provide comments (attendance is not required at this meeting in order to provide comment). The hearing will be broadcast live via TVW<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n If you would like to submit a verbal comment\u00a0please register today<\/a>; registration is not required to observe the meeting.\u00a0Learn more about submitting comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thank you for investing your time in reviewing this Draft EIS. If you have questions, email us at info@capitollakedeschutesestuaryeis.org<\/a> or call (360) 407-9323<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,40,127,141,13,150,131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41786,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785\/revisions\/41786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}VISIT THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE TODAY TO LEARN MORE AND COMMENT<\/h2>\n
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OTHER WAYS TO LEARN MORE<\/h2>\n
Attend Online Office Hours<\/h3>\n
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 871 9392 5007
\nPhone: 1-253-215-8782<\/p>\n
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 884 0244 4281
\nPhone: 1-253-215-8782<\/p>\n
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 833 8477 1914
\nPhone: 1-253-215-8782<\/p>\nVisit the Heritage Park Trail Loop Self-Guided Open House<\/h3>\n
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Observe Upcoming Briefings with Work Groups and Stakeholders<\/h3>\n
\nJuly 13, 2021 \u2013 1-3 PM
\nMeeting details<\/a><\/div>\n
\nJuly 7, 2021 \u2013 9-11\u00a0AM
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 876 2480 2495
\nPhone: 1-253-215-8782<\/p>\n
\nJuly 12, 2021 \u2013 1-3 PM
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 831 5422 1945
\nPhone: 1-253-215-8782<\/p>\n
\nJuly 15, 2021 \u2013 6-8 PM<\/b>
\nJoin Zoom Meeting<\/a>
\nMeeting ID: 161 107 6477
\nPhone: 1-669-254-5252<\/p>\nInterest Group Briefings<\/h3>\n
SUBMIT COMMENTS BY AUGUST 13, 2021<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
What are Substantive Comments?<\/h3>\n
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How To Submit Comments<\/h2>\n
Electronically<\/h3>\n
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Via Mail<\/h3>\n
\nCapitol Lake \u2013 Deschutes Estuary EIS
\nPO Box 41476
\nOlympia, Washington 98504-1476<\/p>\nVerbally at the Online Public Hearing<\/h3>\n
Thank You!<\/h2>\n