Cascade Locks Resort and Casino EIS - Comment Opportunities

Comment Opportunities

Public and agency involvement is critical throughout the preparation of the EIS. A 90-day public comment period on the Draft EIS is currently open from February 15 to May 15, 2008. During this comment period, interested parties can comment by:

Every comment is important and all opinions, feelings, suggestions, and observations will be carefully read and considered. Comments received by Thursday, May 15, 2008 will be considered during preparation of a Final EIS.

To assist the BIA in preparing a Final EIS, comments on the DEIS should be as specific and as substantive as possible. It is helpful if comments refer to specific pages, sections or chapters of the DEIS. Every comment is important and all opinions, suggestions and observations will be carefully read and considered. However, “substantive” comments are the most valuable. A substantive comment is one that provides factual information, professional opinion, or informed judgment germane to the proposed action.

Substantive comments will be specifically responded to in the Final EIS. For a comment to warrant response, it must address the adequacy of the analyses, issues, alternatives or process; or it must raise questions to be answered by the decision-maker; or it must contain an informed opinion about the adequacy of the DEIS analysis.

The review of public comments is not a vote-counting process. All comments carry the same weight, regardless of whether they are expressed once or in a hundred separate e-mail messages or letters. Petitions and form comments are counted as single responses and carry no more weight than individual comments.

Speakers' Bureau

Project staff is available on a limited basis to make presentations on the project to organized groups. Contact Jim Owens, Public and Agency Involvement Coordinator, at 503-225-0192 if you are interested in scheduling a presentation.