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On the hook (too)

On the hook (too). for more Anadromous Fish, Federal Licensing and the HCP. Julie Keil, Director Hydropower Licensing and Water Rights Portland General Electric. What are we doing?. Participating in the DBBC’s development of an HCP. Why are we doing that?.

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On the hook (too)

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  1. On the hook (too) for more Anadromous Fish, Federal Licensing and the HCP Julie Keil, Director Hydropower Licensing and Water Rights Portland General Electric

  2. What are we doing? • Participating in the DBBC’s development of an HCP

  3. Why are we doing that? • Supportive of the successful implementation of the new 50 year license for the Pelton Round Butte Project • Co-owned by PGE and the CTWS • Largest project inside of Oregon • High economic value to the Tribes and to PGE’s customers

  4. New License Terms • Significant Fisheries and WQ Measures • Trout Creek Habitat • Lower River Gravel • Round Butte Hatchery • Selective Water Withdrawal and salmon/steelhead reintroduction

  5. Selective Water Withdrawal and Reintroduction • $100 million investment • Requires construction of new intake tower and fish screening/collection facilities capable of handling 6000+ cfs • Reintroduction of steelhead to historic habitats

  6. Regulatory Drivers • Federal Power Act • Clean Water Act • Endangered Species Act • Oregon State Law

  7. Federal Power Act Provisions • Section 18 • Section 4(e) • Section 10(j)

  8. Clean Water Act • Section 401 Certification • Reasonable assurance

  9. State Law provisions • ORS Chapter 543A • Fish Passage and Screening statutes

  10. Relationship to the HCP • PGE and Tribes limited responsibilities for upstream conditions • Improved habitat=improved chance of successful reintroduction • The political realities

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