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Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Seneca and Cayuga Counties forwarded several submissions to the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) prepared for the BIA prior to the close of the public comment period on July 6, 2009, including a letter-report, a compendium of issues and questions identified by the Counties that were inadequately addressed in the DEIS, as well as resolutions from the Counties and other comments and correspondence from individuals. In addition, the firm of O’Brien & Gere provided a separate comment report that was submitted on behalf of the Counties and the report of economic expert Ian Ayres was submitted to BIA on the Counties’ behalf. These comments resulted from a comprehensive review of the DEIS and an extensive public outreach effort by the Counties to solicit citizen and organizational comments to be included in the public comment record as well as the Counties’ work with its expert technical consultant O’Brien and Gere and with Dr. Ayres. These comments must be considered by BIA as it prepares the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which we expect will be completed in the near future. These comments were in addition to those heard and placed into the public record by individuals and organizations at the formal public hearing held by the BIA on the DEIS in Seneca Falls on June 17. This hearing, which was attended by more than 1,100 individuals, provided the opportunity to place scores of comments into the public record. We want to thank everyone who attended and participated in the public hearing and who provided comments directly to the BIA or to the Counties for submission to the BIA as part of their formal comments package.
Also, hard copies of the Counties’ complete comments package submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including all citizen comments that the Counties were asked to include, are available at:
BIA Notice of Availability of DEIS
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