Public Scoping Meetings for Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project

The public is invited to comment on the scope of issues to be addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will be a joint federal National Environmental Protection Act and Washington State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) document. There will not be a separate SEPA comment period. Four public scoping meetings will be held across western Washington. Each meeting will have an open house from 4 – 6 p.m. and formal presentation from 6 – 7 p.m.

• Oct. 26, 2009: Highline Community College, 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines

• Oct. 28, 2009: The chapel at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend

• Nov. 3, 2009: Lacey Community Center, in the Woodland Creek Community Park,  6729 Pacific Ave. S.E., Lacey

• Nov. 10, 2009:  Skagit Station, 105 E. Kincaid, Mount Vernon

Written comments also may be submitted to:

Chemine Jackels, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Seattle District, Environmental Resources Section,
P.O. Box 3755, Seattle, WA 98124-3755
or chemine.r.jackels@usace.army.mil

All comments on the scope of the EIS must be received by Dec. 10, 2009

For more information on the project visit www.pugetsoundnearshore.org

If you require special accommodations to attend the meeting, please call 206-764-346