10/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/10/2024 09:22
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to hold three public meetings the week of Oct. 14, 2024 to discuss the Dry-Redwater Rural Water Project with the public and federal, state, and local agencies in accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
These meetings are intended to provide agencies, interested stakeholders and the public with the opportunity to:
Meetings will be held.
Oct. 15, 4-6 p.m.
Bureau of Reclamation Montana Area Office
2900 4th Avenue North, 2nd Floor Conference Room (Conf. A), Billings Montana
*Note: Attendees must bring a government issued ID to gain access to the building, -Federal law prohibits the possession of firearms or other dangerous weapons in Federal facilities by all persons not specifically authorized by 18 U.S.C 930. Violators will be subject to fine and/or imprisonment for periods up to five (5) years.
Oct. 16, 2024, 10 a.m.-Noon
VFW Post #7886
Main Street, Jordan, Montana
Oct. 16, 2024, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
McCone County Extension Building
Fairgrounds Road, Circle, Montana
Reclamation has worked closely with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority since 2006 to address water supplies in northeastern Montana. The passage of the 2006 Rural Water Supply Act authorized Reclamation and DRWA to initiate a feasibility study intended to provide safe drinking water to communities within the DRWA service area. These initial planning and project design efforts continued through 2016. Passage of the Clean Water for Rural Communities Act of 2020 re-focused Reclamation's and DRWA's efforts to move this project forward.
In November 2023, Reclamation held public meetings as part of the NEPA scoping process. These meetings provided information that has been incorporated into the Draft EA currently in circulation for public review and comment (https://www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao/dry-redwater/). Comments on the EA will be taken into consideration when preparing the Final EA.
Concurrent with preparation of the Draft EA, Reclamation has been working on a feasibility study and anticipates completing the study in January 2025.