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Reclamation Releases Draft EA for Water Treatment Plant Pilot Study

Media Contact: Christina Gomer, (406) 247-7753, cgomer@usbr.gov

For Release: June 22, 2015

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Water Treatment Plant Pilot Study Project for public review and comment. The comment period will close on July 10.

The Crow Tribe, in cooperation with Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, prepared the Draft EA to evaluate the environmental consequences of a three month water treatment plant pilot study, located in Big Horn County in south-central Montana.

The proposed project would gather information to aid in the design of a municipal, rural and industrial (MR&I) water system to serve the Crow Indian Reservation. The design and construction of the MR&I system was authorized as a part of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010.

The Draft EA is available electronically at http://www.usbr.gov/gp/nepa/cmri/index.html.

Paper copies of the Draft EA can be viewed at the following locations:

Bureau of Reclamation
2nd Floor – Room 200 and 5th Floor – Room 514
2021 4th Avenue North
Billings, MT 59101

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Building #2, Room 69
Weaver Drive
Crow Agency, MT 59022

Crow Tribe Water Resource Department
189 Heritage Lane
Crow Agency, MT 59022

Comments on the Draft EA can be sent to: cmgomer@usbr.gov; Christina Gomer, Bureau of Reclamation, 2021 4th Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101; or, faxed to 406-247-7680. Comments will be accepted until midnight on Friday, July 10. For additional information or to request a hard copy of the Draft EA, please contact Christina Gomer, Bureau of Reclamation, at 406-247-7753 or cmgomer@usbr.gov.

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