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<font size="+1">Bill's point about utility regulation is generally
right but I think PacifiCorp cannot show that incurring the cost
of providing up/down fish passage is recoverable from ratepayers.
FERC won't mandate those improvements but their offer of a license
will be conditioned on acceptance of the costs of improvements.
PacifiCorp will reject that license. Their submissions to the
Oregon PUC and the CPUC in support of surcharging ratepayers to
raise funds for dam removal showed that dam removal was the most
cost effective solution. I don't think they can change their minds
now and say that the public interest favors incurring the larger
costs and risks of building volitional passage. The OPUC's
informative but length <a
href="http://www.schlosserlawfiles.com/%7Ehoopa/Surchargeorder091610.pdf">order
on the subject is here</a>.<br>
<br>
Mark's claim that <big>"</big></font><big><font><font
id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><big>in
most years there will be much more water going to the river
than in the past, especially during dry years"</big></font></font></big>
<big>is just hogwash. This compares the river trickles released by
Reclamation (in defiance of the ESA and the needs of fish from
1974 until 2001) with the post KBRA flows.<big> </big>A fairer
comparison is between the ESA BiOp and KBRA: the KBRA does not
fare better in that comparison, indeed it seeks to reduce the ESA
requirements.<br>
<br>
Mark's efforts to "<font><font id="role_document" color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2"><big>prevent waiver of the ESA
requirements in the critically dry years" failed. Instead,
he and other parties agreed</big></font></font> in sec.
21.3.1.B to support changes in the BiOp requirements in order to
facilitate the Reclamation diversions of water that have nearly
destroyed the fishery. That subsection says:<br>
<br>
" ii. Support for Regulatory Approvals of Diversion Limitations<br>
a. Each such Party shall support the issuance of Regulatory
Approvals for diversion of water for the Klamath Reclamation
Project subject to the diversion limitations identified in
Appendix E-1, including the obligations of Federal and State
Agency Parties stated in Section 21.3.1.A."<br>
<br>
The draft drought plan doesn't change any of this--one of the
reasons all should comment on it before the April 15, 2011
deadline.<br>
<br>
And one final sore point--the "nearly $600 million was already
committed to the Klamath basin recovery, so to say we're adding a
$1 Billion dollar deal here is not totally accurate" The idea of
reprogramming $600 million of federal funding in the Basin--money
going to things like the Trinity River Restoration Program--to pay
instead for the huge subsidies to irrigation pumpers and the
"on-project water plan" is just ridiculous.<br>
<br>
Tom</big><br>
<font size="+1"><br>
The claim that</font><br>
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On 3/28/2011 10:12 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:summerhillfarmpv@aol.com">summerhillfarmpv@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div>Tom, Bill, et all, I think we are getting distracted from
the real issues here. We have differing opinions on what the
KHSA and KBRA will do for the river and fishery. Some say it
means less water for the river and some the opposite. The
fact is that in most years there will be much more water going
to the river than in the past, especially during dry years.
Take a look at the graphs on historical diversions vs. what
will happen under the KBRA. Glen Spain and I worked for
nearly 2 months to prevent waiver of the ESA requirements in
the critically dry years, so meeting the BiOp requirements is
still required, and thus the ag allotment can be lowered based
on that if needed. It's true, more water is going to Ag than
we in the negotiations wanted, but that was the compromise we
made based on additional restoration, ground water management
and over-sight, along with a volunteer water right reduction
program for upper basin Ag. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Tom Hardy was very clear in our science meeting in Mt.
Shasta that he felt the reduced flows in the river under
drought conditions would work for fish as long as the dams
were out. My memory was that flows as low as 700 cfs would
support the fishery. I realize Hoopa biologist disagreed, as
did Bill Trush, but all others agreed with Tom (24
biologists). </div>
<div> </div>
<div>The KBRA and KHSA are not perfect agreements only because
they don't provide everything the environmental community and
Tribes would like. That said, if they were perfect to all of
us, it never would have reached the agreement state we now
have. Frankly, all sides have to feel they can "live with the
final agreement" and that is what happened. No side felt
"they won", yet neither did they feel they lost. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Let's not forget that nearly $600 million was already
committed to the Klamath basin recovery, so to say we're
adding a $1 Billion dollar deal here is not totally accurate.
Pacific Corp has done their work to determine what is in their
best interest and that is the KHSA, and I don't think any of
the rest of us want the dams to stay. This is the best path
forward in the shortest amount of time. Why can't we work
together to get it done instead of fighting over who is
right? The deals are only as good as the effort put in to get
them completed. If the two deals get completed the basin will
be better off than today, and we have the chance to have
salmon and steelhead in the upper basin for the first time in
nearly 100 years. Implementation of the other pieces are
critical to flows, and that needs to get completed.
Undermining the agreements only means that none of it gets
completed, which I see as a huge loss for the basin, its
communities and the fishery.</div>
<div>Mark Rockwell</div>
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<div>In a message dated 3/28/2011 9:48:04 A.M. Pacific
Daylight Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kierassociates@suddenlink.net">kierassociates@suddenlink.net</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left:
5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color:
transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><font
face="Garamond" size="4">Tom<br>
<br>
With the greatest respect and regard for your counsel,
believe me, Ive just got to stick my oar in here : <br>
<br>
At the time of the administrative proceedings in
Sacramento - when was that, 2007 ? - most of the fish
agency folks thoroughly believed your proposition,
below, that 'The only license FERC can issue to
PacifiCorp will require construction of full volitional
fish passage, work so expensive that PacifiCorp will
remove the dams instead.'<br>
<br>
The prob with the way that we regulate utilities,
however, is that the utility can recover the full cost
of mandated improvements to its assets - plus its
established rate of profit - X% <u>on top</u> of its
(the ratepayers') out of pocket costs<br>
<br>
So the world of utility regulation is this sort of
upside-down business model where greater expenses
actually add profit (and dividends for the utilities'
shareholders) - goofy, I know, and hard to keep one's
brain wrapped around - but that's the way it is. <br>
<br>
The volitional fish passage work, had it been the path
taken, would have been idiotic - but profitable to the
utility/ its shareholders<br>
<br>
That said, I, too, wish for satisfaction of PacifiCorps'
Clean Water Act responsibilities.<br>
<br>
'Best to all,<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
</font>At 08:58 AM 3/28/2011, Tom Schlosser wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="cite" cite="" type="cite"><font
size="4">Please note that this event raises funds for
the legislative effort that's very questionable and
quite controversial in the Basin.B The legislation
demanded by PacifiCorp and the other KHSA parties must
also rat</font>ify the KBRA<font size="4">, complete
with its unfair allocation of water away from the
Klamath River, and its required billion in federal
appropriations. Rather than lobbying Congress for this
poorly designed legislation, parties should be
lobbying the SWRCB and ODEQ to complete their CWA Sec.
401 application processes and let the FERC process
resume.B The only license FERC can issue to PacifiCorp
will require construction of full volitional fish
passage, work so expensive that PacifiCorp will remove
the dams instead. FERC has a decommissioning policy
that works. See Tacoma v. FERC <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
title="http://www.msaj.com/cases/051054a.pdf"
href="http://www.msaj.com/cases/051054a.pdf">http://www.msaj.com/cases/051054a.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Legislation isn't necessary for dam removal.
PacifiCorp made a deal (with some groups and pols)
which has no fixed removal date. They like that.
They're cheerfully watching the process go sideways,
...which they have every right to do under the KHSA.
Folks need to read the documents carefully and examine
the exit options. <br>
<br>
Tom</font><br>
<br>
On 3/27/2011 3:09 PM, Byron Leydecker wrote: <br>
<blockquote class="cite" cite="" type="cite"><b>B <br>
B <br>
From:</b> Dan Bacher [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="mailto:danielbacher@fishsniffer.com"
href="mailto:danielbacher@fishsniffer.com">
mailto:danielbacher@fishsniffer.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 27, 2011 1:49 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Speak For the Klamath FRIDAY APR 1 at
Bayside Grange!<br>
B <br>
Below is information about a great event hosted by the
Klamath Justice Coalition and Klamath Riverkeeper in
Arcata this Friday, April 1, at 6 p.m.<br>
B <br>
Thanks<br>
Dan<br>
B <br>
Dear friends,<br>
B <br>
This Friday, April 1 is the Speak for the Klamath
fundraiser hosted by the Klamath Justice Coalition and
Klamath Riverkeeper at the Bayside Grange in Arcata
(flyer attached). It would be great to see you there.<br>
B <br>
The event features frybread tacos, local beer and
wine, an auction of local art, film shorts, spoken
word, live music and t-shirt sales. Doors open at 6
p.m., and there's a suggested $10 donation. Proceeds
from the event will help send a delegation of Klamath
River activists to Washington D.C. to advocate dam
removal on the Klamath.<br>
B <br>
We'd really appreciate your support, whether it's by
attending the event, volunteering (if you or someone
you know can volunteer, please e-mail me) or spreading
the word! Become a shareholder in one of the world's
largest restoration projects and join the movement to
restore an almost 16,000 square mile ecosystem.<br>
B <br>
Erica Terence<br>
Conservation Director/Executive Director<br>
Klamath Riverkeeper<br>
PO Box 751<br>
Somes Bar, CA 95568<br>
B <br>
530.627.3311 (office)<br>
530.340.5415 (cell)<br>
B <br>
<u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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</u>B <br>
<b>B <br>
</b><i>Byron Leydecker<br>
Chair, Friends of Trinity River<br>
PO Box 2327<br>
Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327<br>
415 383 4810 land<br>
415 519 4810 mobile<br>
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B <br>
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B <br>
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