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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Fan Heiti Std B","sans-serif"'>***FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";
color:#17365D'>HOOPA VALLEY TRIBAL FISHERIES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>October
14, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><i>Contact: Allie
Hostler, HVT Fisheries, (530)625-4267 x12<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Why is the California
Water Board risking the State’s water to protect an Oregon Utility?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Klamath Water Quality
Still in Peril<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Last week, the State Water Resources Control Board granted
PacifiCorp’s request to suspend the Section 401 Water Quality
Certification process until May 17, 2011, a whole year beyond target dates set
forth in the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA) negotiated in
February. <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“PacifiCorp will keep stalling and avoid taking
responsibility for the water quality disaster on the Klamath River as long as
the State allows. The River needs help NOW,” Hoopa Valley Tribal
Chairman, Leonard Masten said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>California’s Section 401 Water Quality certification
process is the final, required step in the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (FERC) relicensing process. PacifiCorp’s license to
operate the Klamath Hydroelectric Project expired in 2006. California was
amidst the Section 401 Water Quality Certification process, as required by the
Clean Water Act, when the Bush administration in 2008 announced an Agreement
between PacifiCorp, California, Oregon and the Federal Government to look into
potential dam removal. A year later, in 2009, the Obama administration signed
on to the document.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“The Agreement in Principle brought the Section 401
Water Quality Certification process to a dead stop in 2008,” Masten said.
The clock is still ticking, and not in favor of Klamath River salmon that
Indians and non-Indians depend on as a subsistence, cultural and economic
resource.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The KHSA and companion settlement, the Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement (KBRA) require federal legislation to be in enacted. The
KHSA calls for legislation to be introduced by May 18, 2010. That deadline has
come and gone. The Hoopa Tribe believes the $1.5 billion price tag and ongoing
disagreements about the KBRA in the basin have stalled its introduction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Water Board Chairman, Charles Hoppin cited a lack of state
money to complete the 401 certification process as a reason the Board granted
another delay. Vice Chair, Frances Spivy-Weber expressed concerns that the
Water Board is not putting PacifiCorp’s “feet to the fire.”
She said, “Sooner or later we’ll have get past the abeyance issue.
This issue is no closer to being solved today than it was years ago.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Hoopa Tribe sees water quality on the Klamath as an
issue that needs immediate attention to avoid another fish kill, like in 2002,
when over 68,000 adult Chinook salmon died in warm, shallow, disease ridden
waters in the Klamath River. Action to improve the water quality is long
overdue. Even if the Klamath Settlements move through Congress, dam removal
would not occur until 2020. In the meantime, toxic blue green algae and other
contaminants run rampant in the river.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“The State Water Board has granted a series of such
delays,” Masten said. “The resolution they adopted last week will
cause the abeyance to lift if federal legislation is not enacted by May 17,
2011, a whole year after the proposed timeline in the KHSA and KBRA
settlements. They have, in essence, given PacifiCorp, and themselves, more time
to do nothing.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#632423'>Helpful Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To read the State Water Resources Control Board’s
discussion and resolution click <a
href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf">here</a>
<a href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf">http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To read the November 14, 2008 Agreement in Principle, news
release, and correspondence between the Secretary of Interior and PacifiCorp,
click <a href="http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html">here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html">http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>To access the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement and
the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement click <a
href="http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html">here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html">http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To read more about the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s position
on the Klamath Settlements click <a
href="http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html">here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html">http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>Allie Hostler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>Communications Coordinator, HVT Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>P.O. Box 417<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>Hoopa, CA 95546<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>(530)625-4267 x12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>(530)739-2323 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro","serif";
color:#4F6228'>www.hoopafisheries.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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