<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div class="" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold; border-collapse: separate; ">PacifiCorp Agrees to Reservoir Drawdown to Lessen Impacts of Water Shortage in Reclamation’s Klamath Project</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; " class=""><div id="yiv1476027377" style="border-collapse: separate; " class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white;
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class=""><a href="http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=47686" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " class="">http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=47686</a><o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">August 8, 2014<o:p class=""
style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b class="" style=""><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class=""> – The Bureau of Reclamation and PacifiCorp have announced that, due to the drought conditions being experienced in the Klamath Basin during the 2014 water year, PacifiCorp has agreed to a proposal which will allow flexibility in managing water currently stored in its Klamath River
hydroelectric reservoirs.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">Under the proposal, PacifiCorp would release up to 20,000 acre-feet of water from its reservoirs, as needed, to meet required Iron Gate Dam releases pursuant to the 2013 joint Biological Opinions for Reclamation’s Klamath Project in such a way to ensure Upper Klamath Lake remains above specified minimum elevations. After the irrigation season has concluded, Reclamation and
PacifiCorp will meet and discuss the timing of returning water to the hydroelectric reservoirs, in a manner that is consistent with the BiOp.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">Although Reclamation will continue restricting Klamath Project irrigation water supplies through certain Project facilities, this proposal will assist Reclamation by extending the Klamath Project’s available water supplies from Upper Klamath Lake to help close the
irrigation season. The agreed-to proposal will also assist Reclamation in supporting culturally significant tribal trust responsibilities.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">“Reclamation applauds PacifiCorp's willingness to consider and agree to a proposal that will assist in alleviating impacts being felt by both Klamath Project water users and natural resources as a result of the 2014 drought,” said Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific
Deputy Regional Director Jason Phillips. “We appreciate the collaboration and coordination shown by PacifiCorp and the support for this proposal expressed by our federal partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. This proposal is an opportunity to positively contribute to the health of federally listed fish species in Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River, supports tribal interests, and will prove beneficial to Project irrigators for the 2014 water year during these critical drought conditions.”<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white;
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style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class="">For additional information, please contact Tara Jane Campbell Miranda, at 541-880-2540 or <a href="mailto:tcampbellmiranda@usbr.gov" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " class="">tcampbellmiranda@usbr.gov</a>.<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', serif; color: black; " class=""># # #<o:p class="" style=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New
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