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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Final Environmental
Impact Statement for Relicensing of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project No.
2082-027</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG> <BR>Issued: November 16, 2007
<BR><BR>Commission staff prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for relicensing of PacifiCorp’s 169-megawatt Klamath Hydroelectric Project,
located primarily on the Klamath River in Klamath County, Oregon and Siskiyou
County, California. On average, the project generates 716,820 megawatt-hours of
electricity annually. The project occupies 219 acres of lands of the
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/><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place>, which are administered by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. <BR><BR>The
existing project consists of eight developments, seven of which are located on
the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. PacifiCorp proposes to
decommission the upstream-most East Side and <st1:place w:st="on">West
Side</st1:place> developments and to remove the Keno development, which has no
generating facilities, from the project. The remaining project developments on
the main stem of the Klamath River are J.C. Boyle, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, and
<st1:place w:st="on">Iron Gate</st1:place>. The proposed project also includes
the existing Fall Creek development, located on a <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> tributary. <BR><BR>In this FEIS, Commission staff assessed the
environmental and economic effects of: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo6"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Continuing to
operate the project with no changes or enhancements (no-action alternative);
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo6"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Operating the
project as proposed by PacifiCorp (PacifiCorp’s proposal);
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Operating the
project as proposed by PacifiCorp with additional or modified environmental
measures (staff alternative);<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Staff
alternative with conditions filed by the Department’s of the Interior and
Commerce;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo6"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Retirement of
the <st1:place w:st="on">Iron Gate</st1:place> and Copco No. 1 developments
with additional or modified measures for the remaining developments;
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Retirement of
the Iron Gate, Copco No. 2, Copco No. 1, and J.C. Boyle developments, with
additional or modified measures for the remaining developments.
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">The staff alternative incorporates most of
PacifiCorp’s proposed environmental measures, some with certain modifications.
The staff alternative also includes 25 environmental measures additional to
those proposed by PacifiCorp, including:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Implementation
of an integrated fish passage and disease management
program;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Implementation
of an adaptive spawning gravel augmentation program in the J.C. Boyle
bypassed reach and downstream of <st1:place w:st="on">Iron Gate</st1:place>
dam. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL></UL>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Based on our detailed analysis of the
environmental benefits and costs associated with the five action alternatives
considered in detail in this FEIS, we conclude that the best alternative for the
Klamath Hydroelectric Project would be to issue a new license consistent with
the environmental measures specified in the Staff Alternative.
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