<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36461"><h3 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36462">Group files detailed plan to remove four Klamath River dams</h3><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36463"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36464"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: italic;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36465">By The Times-Standard</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36466"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36467">Friday, June 29, 2018</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36468"></div></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36469"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36470"><div style="margin: 10px !important; float: left; width: 250px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36471"><img src="http://image.times-standard.com/storyimage/NJ/20180629/NEWS/180629807/AR/0/AR-180629807.jpg&MaxW=250" alt="This Aug. 21, 2009 file photo shows Iron Gate Dam spanning the Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif. The dam is one of four dams in California and southern Oregon that would be removed under the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, which is currently being reviewed by a federal commission. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, file)" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36472" data-id="78f5b135-84d3-3678-b203-285dedd3ec7e"></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36473"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36474"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36475">The following is a press release issued by the Klamath River Renewal Corporation: </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36476">The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) announced today it has filed its “Definite Plan for the Lower Klamath Project” with the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) for the proposed removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River – J.C. Boyle, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, and Iron Gate. This filing represents an important next step in KRRC’s effort to restore the Klamath River.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36477">The Definite Plan was filed on June 28, 2018 as part of KRRC’s application to FERC for the transfer of the FERC license to operate the dams. FERC will review the Definite Plan to confirm KRRC has the technical, legal, and fiscal capacities to become the licensee. KRRC’s dam removal and river restoration project, currently the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, is expected to improve water quality, revive fisheries, create local jobs, and boost tourism and recreation.</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36478"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36479">The Definite Plan is an approximately 2,300-page document that provides comprehensive analysis and detail on project design, deconstruction, reservoir restoration, and other post-deconstruction activities. KRRC also filed responses to FERC’s requests for additional information, including requests in FERC’s March 15, 2018 order, as a part of its regulatory review and approval process.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36480">Among the many topics covered in the Definite Plan are KRRC’s plans to: manage construction impacts, manage impacts to groundwater wells, perform flood-proofing, improve roads and bridges, provide recreation opportunities, replace the City of Yreka water line, protect aquatic resources, and provide for ongoing fish hatchery operations. The plan also provides updated information on project costs and risk management.</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36481"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36482">KRRC is confident these foundational documents will help FERC determine KRRC has the capabilities to assume license of the dams and to complete the dam removal process, which includes deconstruction of the dams and restoration of formerly inundated lands.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36483">“We have completed a major milestone through the development and filing of this plan,” said KRRC Executive Director, Mark Bransom. “KRRC has developed this plan with tremendous respect for the complexity of the project and with extraordinary care in its efforts to enhance benefits and minimize impacts to local communities. I am proud of this achievement and I look forward to the next steps in the regulatory review process.”</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36484"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36485">In May, FERC authorized KRRC to convene a panel of nationally recognized experts to serve as an Independent Board of Consultants (BOC) for the project. This panel brings expertise in dam construction and removal, engineering, aquatic and terrestrial biology, construction cost estimating, and risk management. During the coming months, FERC and the BOC will review and provide guidance on the Definite Plan. KRRC welcomes this feedback and will continue its planning and preparations in anticipation of a future decision by FERC on the transfer and surrender applications. If KRRC receives all necessary approvals to begin work, it expects to begin site preparations in mid-2020, with dam removal and restoration activities commencing in 2021. </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36486"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36487">A complete copy of the Definite Plan is available at <a href="http://klamathrenewal.org/definite-plan" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36488">klamathrenewal.org/definite-plan</a>.</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36489"></div></div><div style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); clear: both;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36490"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36491"><form id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36492"> </form></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 10px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36493"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36494">URL: http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20180629/group-files-detailed-plan-to-remove-four-klamath-river-dams</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36495"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36496"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1530458670894_36497"></b></div></div></div></body></html>