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<DIV>ALL..... While I have great respect for the Hoopa Valley Tribe,
unfortunately the fundamental premise of this Press Release is deeply
flawed. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The 401 Certification process which has been stayed is to APPROVE 4-DAM
FERC RELICENSING, and not to "clean up the river in the interim." Why
should anyone be pushing to remove the final barrier between PacifiCorp and
40-year FERC relicensing? Especially since, under the Klamath
Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA) it is dam REMOVAL, not relicensing,
that is the preferred alternative that we are all now working toward
achieving. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We and other Parties to the Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement (KHSA)
supported staying the current 401 Certification Application as merely a way to
halt the run to full and final FERC relicensing while dam removal is being given
serious consideration. Dave removal will need its own 401 Certification
process down the road -- BUT THIS IS NOT IT. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As to cleaning up the river between now and the projected dam removal
target date of 2020, there are numerous "Interim Measures" in the KHSA which
will help to do that, or at least to minimize water quality impacts as best as
can be done short of dam removal, which will of course do much more.
PacifiCorp is pledged under the KHSA to paying several million dollars
toward those "Interim Measures." Also, with the new approved Klamath
Mainstem TMDLs in place, PacifiCorp must also work out a TMDL Implementation
Plan to meet its TMDL obligations in the interim until dam removal in
2020.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some have pushed for completing the FERC Relicensing 401 Certification
Process in the hopes that the State Water Board (and the Oregon equivalent, the
Environmental Quality Commission (EQC)) will simply DENY the permit,
putting PacifiCorp in a position where it will eventually have to remove the
dams. This ignores the fact that under the KHSA the dams will come down
anyway, and sooner. It also takes a HUGE RISK that the California State
Water Board (and EQC) will issue a Permit with mitigation measures that
PacifiCorp could meet, or that their denial will fall to a later Court challenge
with several years of litigation under the current status quo. It also
takes a huge risk that PacifiCorp would be able to relicense the dams, or at
least J.C. Boyles dam in Oregon. J.C. Boyles is by far the most valuable
dam for power production of the four, and has the least water quality impacts,
and is in OREGON where the pollution control laws are much less stringent than
in California and in which there is much less likelihood that a 401
Certification denial would be upheld by the Courts. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In other words, if push comes to shove and the KHSA dissolves, forcing
PacifiCorp back to regular FERC relicensing, it is most likely -- in my
estimation and that of many others with more expertise in these matters -- that
at least one dam (J.C.Boyle) will get a new 40-year FERC license, the
opportunity to restore a free-flowing KIamath River will be missed, and both the
salmon and the river will not see another such a chance at restoration until at
least the year 2052. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thus the efforts should be put towards fully implementing the KHSA,
not pushing for a 401 Certification process that leads only toward FERC
relicensing. And that is what the Water Board also decided.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">================================================<BR>Glen H. Spain,
NW Regional Director<BR>Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
(PCFFA)<BR>PO Box 11170, Eugene, OR 97440-3370<BR>Phone: (541)689-2000 Fax:
(541)689-2500<BR>Web: <A href="http://www.pcffa.org/">www.pcffa.org</A> Email:
fish1ifr@aol.com
<BR>================================================<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/15/2010 7:52:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ahostler@hoopa-nsn.gov writes:</DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoPlainText align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Adobe Fan Heiti Std B','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">***FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE***<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; COLOR: #17365d; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">HOOPA
VALLEY TRIBAL FISHERIES<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">October 14,
2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" class=MsoNormal align=right><I>Contact: Allie
Hostler, HVT Fisheries, (530)625-4267 x12<o:p></o:p></I></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">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: 14pt">Klamath Water Quality
Still in Peril<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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<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.
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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>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<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>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<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>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<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="COLOR: #632423; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Helpful
Links:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>To read the State Water Resources Control Board’s
discussion and resolution click <A title=http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf href="http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf">here</A>
<A title=http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2010/oct/100510_9.pdf 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 title=http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html href="http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html">here</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A title=http://www.doi.gov/archive/news/08_News_Releases/111308.html 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>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>To access the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement
and the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement click <A title=http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html href="http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html">here</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A title=http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html 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 title=http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html href="http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html">here</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A title=http://www.hoopafisheries.org/3336.html 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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