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<p class=date><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, November 12,
2008 - Page updated at 08:05 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h1><b><font size=6 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
24.0pt;color:black'>Feds, PacifiCorp reach accord to remove 4<ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"></span></font><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Klamath</ST1:PLACE> River</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black'> </span></font></span><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>dams<o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
<p class=byline><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>By</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Jeff Barnard<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=source><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The Associated Press<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>GRANTS PASS</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ore.</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'> The Bush
administration today announced a nonbinding agreement with PacifiCorp that
details how the utility can turn over control of four <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place></span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>hydroelectric dams so they can be removed
to help struggling salmon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>While not a final answer, the deal reached
in</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Sacramento</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>,</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Calif.</span></font></b></st1:State><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>, represents a milestone
toward what would become the biggest dam removal project in</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>U.S.</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>history.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>It also helps resolve issues at the root
of the 2001 shut-off of irrigation to thousands of acres of farmland under
enforcement by</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>U.S.</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>marshals and the 2002
deaths of 70,000 adult salmon in the river after irrigation water was restored.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The agreement in principle was to be
signed Thursday by the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
Department of Interior, PacifiCorp and the governors of</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Oregon</span></font></b></st1:State><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>and</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Though the Bush administration has opposed
removing hydroelectric dams in the</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Columbia</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Basin</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>, Interior Department
Counselor Michael Bogert said it recognized that removing the four Klamath dams
was a key to resolving the</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Klamath</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Basin</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>'s long-standing
problems balancing water between farms and fish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>"The president and the secretary (of
Interior) were determined in the aftermath of 2001 and 2002 to come up with a
comprehensive approach to deal with the issues and images we saw in the</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:
black;font-weight:bold'>Klamath<ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st="on"></span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'></ST1:PLACETYPE> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>," Bogert said.
"This represents our best effort to negotiate what is a business decision
for the company."<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Pressure has been building for years on
PacifiCorp to make a deal.</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State w:st="on"><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:State><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>'s governors pressed for dam removal
after commercial salmon fisheries collapsed in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Federal biologists mandated that fish
ladders and other improvements costing $300 million be added to the dams before
a federal operating license could be renewed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:STATE u1:st="on"><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>California</span></font></b></ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>water authorities have
been taking a hard look at the dams' role in toxic algae plaguing the river, and
river advocates have sued PacifiCorp to fix that the algae problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Dean Brockbank, vice president and general
council for PacifiCorp Energy, said though the agreement was nonbinding, the
utility was committed to seeing it through.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>He added the company's four key concerns
were all met: PacifiCorp is protected from liability; there is a $200 million
cap on removal costs to be born by ratepayers; dam removal is far enough in the
future to avoid a scramble for replacement power; and PacifiCorp's capital expenditures
were held to a minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>According to a copy obtained by The
Associated Press, the agreement is a road map for turning the dams over to a
nonfederal entity and starting to remove them by 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Deadline for a binding agreement is June
30, and farmers, Indian tribes and other parties that endorse the agreement in
principle get a place at the table.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Then the federal government undertakes
studies to be sure dam removal is feasible and cost-effective. Operations
continue without having to clean up toxic algae blooms that are a roadblock to
renewal of a federal operating license.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The deal embraces a $1 billion
environmental-restoration blueprint for the</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:
black;font-weight:bold'>Klamath</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Basin</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>that has been endorsed
by farmers, tribes, fishermen and conservation groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Besides restoring fish habitat, it
guarantees water and cheap electricity for farmers, as well as continued access
to federal wildlife refuges for farming.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Besides the $200 million in removal costs
to be born by ratepayers, the state of</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>will ask voters to
approve a $250 million bond. Surcharges would be about $15 to $20 a year to
PacifiCorp's 500,000 customers in</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Oregon</span></font></b></st1:State><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>and 45,000 customers in</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Any dam removal costs over $450 million
must be worked out later.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>PacifiCorp also committed to paying</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:State><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>$500,000 a year for
fish-habitat improvements until the dams are removed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>"The health of the Klamath River is
critical to the livelihood of numerous</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Northern
California</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:bold'> communities, and with this groundbreaking
agreement we have established a framework for restoring an important natural
resource for future generations," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a
statement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The Karuk Tribe had led demonstrations at
PacifiCorp stockholder meetings demanding dam removal, but spokesman Craig
Tucker said the agreement represented a new working relationship with the
utility "and we are looking forward to working with them as partners in
the future."<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Glen Spain, of the Pacific Coast
Federation of Fishermen's Associations, which represents</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>California commercial
salmon fishermen, also voiced support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>"It is a break out of gridlock into a
dam removal pathway that shows great promise."<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Oregon Wild, a</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Portland</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><b><font color=black face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>conservation group
kicked out of basin restoration talks, blasted the deal, saying the Bush
administration was imposing a lot of conditions favorable to PacifiCorp and
punting a problem it had failed to resolve in eight years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Built between 1908 and 1962, the four dams
block salmon from 300 miles of spawning habitat while producing enough
electricity to power about 70,000 homes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a subsidiary
of billionaire investor Warren Buffett's <st1:place w:st="on">Berkshire</st1:place>
Hathaway, owns PacifiCorp, which serves 1.6 million customers in six Western
states.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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