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Chief
05-02-2008, 06:12 AM
The draft environmental impact statement can be found on the Columbia River Crossing’s Web site: www.columbiarivercrossing.org.

Copies of the 36-page executive summary and compact discs of the entire document are available at no charge, but anyone who wants a hard copy of the 2-inch-thick document will have to pay $50.

For more information, call the crossing’s office at 360-737-2726.

Copies also will be available for inspection at public libraries and other spots in Clark County:

* Clark College Cannell Library, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, No. 112.
* Columbia River Crossing, 700 Washington St., Suite 300.
* Esther Short Building, 610 Esther St.
* Firstenburg Community Center, 700 N.E. 136th Ave.
* Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd.
* Luepke Senior Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
* Marshall Community Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
* Rise & Stars Community Center, 500 Omaha Way.
* Washington Department of Transportation Southwest Region, 11018 N.E. 51st Circle.
* Washington State University Vancouver Library, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave.
* Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way.



Public hearings have been scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. May 28 at Red Lion Hotel at the Quay, 100 Columbia St., and 6 to 8 p.m. May 29 at Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, 2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland. An open house will start at 5 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. during both hearings.


Four informal question-and-answer sessions have been set for: 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 15, Jantzen Beach SuperCenter, Portland; 9 a.m. to noon June 7, Firstenburg Community Center, 700 N.E. 136th Ave.; 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 14, Beaverton Main Library, 12375 S.W. Fifth St., Beaverton, Ore.; and 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 19, Clark Public Utilities, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way.

Written comments on the document will be addressed in a final environmental impact statement, which is expected to be released in late 2009.

Comments must be submitted or postmarked by July 1. They can be submitted via fax, 360-737-0294, or by e-mail to: drafteisfeedback@columbiarivercrossing.org.

They also can be mailed to: Columbia River Crossing, c/o Heather Gunderson, 700 Washington St., Suite 300, Vancouver, 98660.

Waterbuffalo
05-02-2008, 10:18 AM
WOW! I was close on that cost for the paper version. Wonder how many will be picking up a copy to read it through?

Going to try and get my copy on Monday....

mojoesmom
05-02-2008, 08:33 PM
Columbia River Crossing is a joint project of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation. Project staff coordinates with state and local agencies in both Oregon and Washington, and also collaborates with federal agencies and tribal governments.
This is a federal document and they cannot charge for this information. There are freedom of information laws and this document falls under those laws. If it was a state document it would be an EIR. An EIS (which is the name on the cover page of the document) is a federal document under National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Chief
05-02-2008, 08:46 PM
Someone has to pay for all those copies, and since our $65 Million is pretty much gone...

ddrrii

I doubt you'll get that paper copy without coughing up the money...but let me know if it works...

Waterbuffalo
05-03-2008, 04:08 AM
Yeah.. I remember them saying a few months back that paper copies would be about $45 or so.

Chief posted some where on one of the threads that this would cost around $50 for a paper copy.