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<p class=caption2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Iron Gate Dam near Hornbrook,
Calif., is one of four that would be removed from the Klamath River. The dams
are used to generate electricity but have been the subject of a protracted
dispute. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The Klamath dams, built
from 1918 to 1961 along an upstream stretch of the river, are owned by
PacifiCorp, which uses them to generate electricity. But they have angered
Indian tribes along the river, as well as fishermen and environmentalists, who
blamed them for a decline in <a
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year, federal and other officials announced a nonbinding agreement to remove
the dams, and Wednesday’s draft plan added a specific, nuts-and-bolts
dimension to that agreement. In releasing the draft plan, Interior Secretary <a
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Salazar</span></a> called the Klamath “one of the most challenging water
issues of our time.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Competing
interests have long debated how to manage the Klamath, a river whose salmon
populations once rivaled any in the world. Environmentalists argue that the
fish populations have declined because of the dams preventing upstream
spawning, while farmers have pleaded for more water for irrigation and others
for more electric power. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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federal government has often played the unhappy role of referee. In 2002,
environmentalists asserted that a significant die-off of fish had resulted from
a diversion of water to farmers that was ordered by the <a
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Department</span></a>. Four years later, fishermen complained when low levels
of salmon in the river led to government restrictions on commercial fishing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The
draft plan, which was developed by representatives from about two dozen
federal, state and tribal agencies, environmental groups and irrigators in
discussions with officials from PacifiCorp, will go to stakeholders and the
public for review. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Kirk
Miller, the deputy secretary and chief counsel of California Natural Resources
Agency, which represented the state in negotiations, said he hoped for approval
by year’s end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Under
the agreement, the Interior Department would study the cost and environmental
impact of removing the dams, including the effect on fish populations and
downstream river conditions, to help Mr. Salazar make what he called “a
full informed decision.” In a nod to PacifiCorp, the company would
continue to operate the dams until their removal and would not be liable for
any effects of the demolition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Greg
Abel, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement that “this
is a balanced and reasonable outcome that best protects the interests of our
customers,” as well as “helping to peacefully resolve numerous
conflicts in the Klamath basin.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>About
$200 million of the estimated $450 million cost of removing the dams would be
covered by a small surcharge on PacifiCorp’s customers, most of whom
reside in Oregon. The rest of the money would come from the company’s
customers in California and the sale of bonds there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The
federal government would be required to prepare timetables for the dams’
removal and plans to reduce cost overruns and dispose of sediment and debris. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>“The
agreement calls on each of us to do our part,” said Gov. Theodore R.
Kulongoski of Oregon, where lawmakers have approved the PacifiCorp surcharge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Mr.
Salazar has until March 2012 to decide whether to go forward with the plan. If
approved, removal of the dams would begin in 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>“We
haven’t seen salmon in our country for 90 years,” said Jeff
Mitchell, a council member for the Klamath Tribes of Oregon. “This
agreement represents our best chance of finally bringing the salmon
home.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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