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<font size="+1">Maybe the press release should have been
entitled--why is PCFFA's regional director risking California's
water quality </font>to protect PacifiCorp? Glen seems to think
the water board would have to choose between merely granting or
denying PacifiCorp's application; in fact, the board can place
conditions on any certification, conditions that protect fish and
water quality. Recall PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County, 511 U.S. 700
(1994). Recall S.D. Warren, 547 U.S. 370 (2006).<br>
<br>
The board's willing inaction on Sec. 401 is simply an effort to
block the regulatory process that would have forced PacifiCorp to
remove the dams already, or face the large costs of full upstream
and downstream volitional fish passage. Why does the hope of removal
in 2020 sound so good to Glen? There are a lot of contingencies in
the Hydro settlement. FERC may not be a great alternative but as the
regulatory agency charged with licensing, its orders would produce
dam removal.<br>
<br>
The further notion that the TMDLs place on PacifiCorp a burden to
"work out a TMDL implementation plan" is just fanciful. All
PacifiCorp must do is file a plan that incorporates the "interim
measures" they put into the Hydro settlement, nothing more. The
State board <font size="+1">approved the NCWQCB's resolution no.
R1-2010-0026, which adopts TMDLs and establishes an action plan
for carrying them out. The action plan addresses PacifiCorp at
page 4-13.00. </font><font size="+1">I've added bold in the text
below. PacifiCorp's implementation plan need only incorporate KHSA
requirements. They've got 60 days to file that plan.<br>
<br>
</font>The Hydro agreement interim measures PacifiCorp put forward
are feeble indeed. They do pay $150k per year for Boyle gravel; they
fund maintenance of a couple USGS gages; they provide $100k for a
one-time conference; they pay $250k per year for "studies or pilot
projects" (That could rise if Interior makes an affirmative
determination to remove dams, perhaps as soon as 2012.) It goes on
from there. Notably absent is any work in or near surface waterB to
actually improve water quality. Those suffering from blue-green
algae, do you feel better now?<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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<font size="+1">Page 4-13.00:</font><br>
<font size="+1">Action<br>
Submit a proposed <b>implementation plan that incorporates time
lines and contingencies<br>
pursuant to the KHSA</b>. In the event that the KHSA does not
move forward, the<br>
implementation plan should specify that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission<br>
(FERC) 401 water quality certification process shall resume.
Section 6.3.2 of the<br>
KHSA describes TMDL implementation to include a time line for
implementing<br>
management strategies, water quality-related measures in Appendix
D, and Facilities<br>
Removal as the final measure. PacifiCorp may propose the use of
offsite pollutant<br>
reduction measures (i.e. offsets or b
allocations and targets in the<br>
context of Interim measures 10 and 11. <b>The implementation plan
should identify</b><br>
appropriate intervals whereby PacifiCorp will provide the Regional
Water Board<br>
updates on the status and progress of the plan, and provide
adequate time for review<br>
so that select project(s) are ready for construction by the date
of the Secretarial<br>
Determination. The implementation plan must provide for Regional
Water Board<br>
review of site specific environmental assessments of dam removal
before the<br>
Regional Water Boardb
compliance<br>
measure.<br>
Time line<br>
By [insert date that is 60 days after this Amendment takes
effect].<br>
Action<br>
Implement measures to meet and/or offset TMDL allocations and
targets<b> as<br>
prescribed in the approved implementation plan.</b><br>
Time line<br>
<b>As required by the approved implementation plan.</b></font><br>
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On 10/15/2010 1:25 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:FISH1IFR@aol.com">FISH1IFR@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div>ALL.....B B While I have great respect for the Hoopa Valley
Tribe, unfortunately the fundamental premise of this Press
Release is deeply flawed.B </div>
<div>B </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."B Why should anyone be pushing to remove the
final barrier between PacifiCorp and 40-year FERC
relicensing?B 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.B </div>
<div>B </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.B Dave removal will need its own
401 Certification process down the road -- BUT THIS IS NOT
IT.B </div>
<div>B </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.B PacifiCorp
is pledged under the KHSAB to paying several million dollars
toward those "Interim Measures."B 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>B </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 simplyB DENY the permit, putting
PacifiCorp in a position where it will eventually have to
remove the dams.B This ignores the fact that under the KHSA
the dams will come down anyway, and sooner.B 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.B It also takes a huge risk that PacifiCorp would
be able to relicense the dams, or at least J.C. Boyles dam in
Oregon.B 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.B </div>
<div>B </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.B </div>
<div>B </div>
<div>Thus the efforts should be put towards fullyB implementing
the KHSA, not pushing for a 401 Certification process that
leads only toward FERC relicensing.B And that is what the
Water Board also decided.</div>
<div>B </div>
<div>B </div>
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<div><font family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10" face="Arial"
lang="0" size="2">================================================<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pcffa.org/">www.pcffa.org</a> Email:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fish1ifr@aol.com">fish1ifr@aol.com</a> <br>
================================================<br>
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<div>B </div>
<div>B </div>
<div>B </div>
<div>B </div>
<div>
<div>In a message dated 10/15/2010 7:52:52 A.M. Pacific
Daylight Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ahostler@hoopa-nsn.gov">ahostler@hoopa-nsn.gov</a> writes:</div>
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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>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: 'Arial
Black','sans-serif'; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);
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>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p>B </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Why
is the California Water Board risking the Stateb
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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p>B </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last week, the State Water
Resources Control Board granted PacifiCorpb
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: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b
avoid taking responsibility for the water quality
disaster on the Klamath River as long as the State
allows. The River needs help NOW,b
Chairman, Leonard Masten said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Californiab
Quality certification process is the final, required
step in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionb
(FERC) relicensing process. PacifiCorpb
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>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b
the Section 401 Water Quality Certification process to
a dead stop in 2008,b
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>B </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>B </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
PacifiCorpb
later web
issue is no closer to being solved today than it was
years ago.b
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<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>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b
a series of such delays,b
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.b
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(99, 36,
35); font-size: 16pt;">Helpful Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p>B </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To read the State Water Resources
Control Boardb
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>B </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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To access the Klamath Hydroelectric
Settlement Agreement and the Klamath Basin Restoration
Agreement click <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To read more about the Hoopa Valley
Tribeb
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">Allie
Hostler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">Communications
Coordinator, HVT Fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">P.O.
Box 417<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">Hoopa,
CA 95546<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">(530)625-4267
x12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);">(530)739-2323
cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Adobe
Garamond Pro','serif'; color: rgb(79, 98, 40);"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.hoopafisheries.org">www.hoopafisheries.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p>B </o:p></p>
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