GATEWAY WEST PROJECT

NOTICE OF MEETING IN HAGERMAN, IDAHO

BLM News:  www.blm.gov/id 

DATE: March 30, 2016

CONTACT: Heather Feeney, hfeeney@blm.gov, (208) 373-4060

BLM adds meeting to schedule
for Gateway West Draft Supplemental EIS 

Boise, IDAHO – The Bureau of Land Management has added Hagerman to the locations for open house public meetings on the Gateway West draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS).

In addition to the four meetings previously announced, there will be a public meeting in Hagerman, Idaho, on Monday, April 18, 2016, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the following location:

Hagerman Valley Community and Senior Center
140 E Lake Street
Hagerman, ID 83332

As previously announced, when the Draft SEIS was published, public meetings will also be held in Boise, Kuna, Twin Falls and Murphy on the following schedule:

• Tuesday, April 19, 2016
  10am-1pm Boise, Best Western Vista Inn at the Airport, 2645 W Airport Way, Boise, ID 83705
  4pm-7pm Kuna, Kuna Senior Center, 229 N Ave. A, Kuna, ID 83634

• Wednesday, April 20, 2016
  4pm-7pm Twin Falls, BLM District Office, 2878 Addison Avenue East, Twin Falls, ID 83301
• Thursday, April 21, 2016
  4pm-7pm Murphy, Owyhee County Historical Society Museum, 17085 Basey Street, Murphy, ID 83650

The Gateway West draft supplemental EIS is open for public comment through June 9, 2016.

More information on the project, including maps and the full text of the Draft SEIS, is available on the BLM project website, http://on.doi.gov/1sExPBP.

-BLM-

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