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[FR Doc No: 94-10180]


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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL


Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

April 15, 1994.
AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning 
Council (Northwest Power Planning Council).

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish 
and Wildlife Program (mainstem passage survival hypotheses).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Pacific Electric Power and Conservation Act 
(the Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. section 839, et seq.) the Pacific 
Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council (Council) 
has proposed amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
Program (program). The amendments propose to establish hypotheses 
regarding the relationship between river flows, velocity, 
transportation, and the survival of anadromous fish in the mainstem of 
the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Copies of the proposed amendments are 
now available, and comments are solicited.

BACKGROUND: The proposed amendments are intended to facilitate 
investigation of the relationship between flow, water velocity and fish 
survival and the efficacy of smolt transportation. After the conclusion 
of this rulemaking process, the Council will consider the need for 
further actions to reduce mortalities to anadromous fish in the 
mainstem. The current rulemaking process, however, is not intended to 
predetermine any decisions made in the later, summer rulemaking.

OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT: The Council will receive written comment on 
the proposed amendments through 5 p.m. Pacific time, May 25, 1994. 
Comments should be clearly marked ``Mainstem Hypothesis Comments,'' and 
submitted to the Council's Public Affairs Division, 851 S.W. Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon 97204. After the close of comment, 
the Council may initiate further consultations, or reopen the record 
for further written comment. The Council expects to make a final 
decision in this rulemaking process in June, 1994. HEARINGS: The 
Council is in the process of scheduling hearings in the four Northwest 
states. Please call the Council's public affairs division for 
information on the schedule and location for hearings, and watch for 
further information in the Council's newsletter, Update. To reserve a 
time to testify at a hearing, please call Ms. Judi Hertz at 1-800-222-
3355 (if calling from Idaho, Montana or Washington), 1-800-452-2324 (if 
calling from Oregon), or 222-5161 (if calling from the Portland area).
    Please contact the Council's Public Affairs Division to reserve a 
time to testify. Witnesses should be prepared to summarize briefly, 
rather than read, any written statement they wish to enter into the 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For copies of the proposed amendments and a 
background paper outlining their rationale, contact the Council's 
Public Affairs Division, 851 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100, Portland, 
Oregon 97204 or (503) 222-5161, toll free 1-800-222-3355, and request 
document no. 94-11.
Edward W. Sheets,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-10180 Filed 4-26-94; 8:45 am]
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