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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Good Morning!</span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Today is a historic day in the
struggle to restore the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. The
Department of Interior and Commerce issued final mandatory terms and conditions
for the relicensing of PacifiCorp dams that require fish passage, paving the
way for the removal of four dams that block the migration of salmon, steelhead
and other fish. This huge victory wouldn't have happened without all of the
political pressure over the past few years by a broad coalition of Klamath
Basin Indian Tribes, commercial fishermen, recreational anglers and
conservationists. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now that the terms and conditions
have been officially issued, it is crucial that increasing pressure is put upon
PacifiCorp, owned by Warren Buffett, to bring the dams down! Here's today's
press release from the Karuk Tribe.</span></font></span><font size=2><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dan Bacher</span></font></span><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>P R E S S R E L E A S E </span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>KARUK TRIBE </span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For Immediate Release: January 30,
2007 </span></font></span><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Contact: Craig Tucker, Klamath
Coordinator, Karuk Tribe, 530-627-3446 x3027 </span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FEDERAL AGENCIES ISSUE FINAL
MANDATES FOR KLAMATH DAMS </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Feds mandate ladders; costs
officially favor dam removal </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Happy Camp, CA – Today, the
Department of Interior and Commerce filed the final mandatory terms and
conditions that must be met in order for PacifiCorp to relicense the Klamath
Dams. Although the agencies do not have the authority under the Federal Power
Act to mandate dam removal, they can and did mandate fishways and ladders.
Klamath Basin Tribes and other dam removal advocates are pleased since the cost
of the prescribed ladders and fishways makes dam removal an economically
favorable alternative to relicensing. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“We applaud the Departments of
Commerce and Interior for fulfilling their obligation to protect and restore
the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>,” said Leaf Hillman,
Vice Chairman of the Karuk Tribe. “Now it’s time for PacifiCorp
President Bill Fehrman to make good on his commitment to protect his ratepayers
from higher costs and simply remove these fish killing dams.” </span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Last August as members of the Karuk,
Hoopa, Yurok and Klamath Tribes protested the international hydropower
industry’s symposium in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>,
PacifiCorp President William Fehrman released a statement that concluded with,
“We have heard the Tribes’ concerns. We are not opposed to dam
removal or other settlement opportunities as long as our customers are not
harmed and our property rights are respected.” </span></font></span><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In December the California Energy
Commission and the U.S. Department of Interior filed an economic report with
the Federal Energy Relicensing Commission which concluded that dam removal
would be cheaper, by $100 million, than relicensing. The analysis included the
cost of replacing the electricity the dams generate with other currently
available sources. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Last month PacifiCorp filed an
alternative to the draft prescriptions in an effort to water down the
Department of Interior and Commerce’s final mandates. According to
Hillman, “PacifiCorp’s trap and haul alternative was another
attempt to duck their social responsibilities. I commend Secretaries Kempthorne
and Guiterrez for seeing through their charade.” Hillman concludes,
“If Bill Fehrman still refuses to remove the dams, he will be guilty of
gouging ratepayers to the benefit of Warren Buffett and other wealthy
investors. He will also be complicit in the genocide of the Native People of
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.” </span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Capital improvement costs to power
projects such as dams are often billed to ratepayers with a regulated rate of
return for investors. “Even though the cost of ladders exceeds the cost
of dam removal, PacifiCorp may attempt to bill ratepayers for the added cost
and at the same time earn a rate of return for investors,” according to
Craig Tucker, Ph.D., Relicensing Coordinator for the Karuk Tribe. The Public
Utility Commissions of California and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
would have to approve such a move. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Historically, the Klamath River was
one of the three most productive salmon rivers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Today, dams and diversions
have decimated salmon populations leading to strict limits on commercial salmon
fishing up and down the west coast in 2006. Tribes, fishermen, and
environmentalists see dam removal as a fundamental step towards restoring the
Klamath’s fishery. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Governors Schwarzenegger and
Kulongoski plan to host a Dam Removal Summit in early March to discuss how the
dam removal factors in a basin wide agreement to address the concerns of
Tribes, fishermen, and irrigators. </span></font></span><font size=2><span
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