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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL

 

Power Plan Amendments: Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife 
Program

September 30, 1994.
AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning 
Council (Northwest Power Planning Council).

ACTION: Proposed amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and 
Wildlife Program (measures for anadromous fish).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Pacific Electric Power Planning 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) is proposing amendments to the anadromous fish 
provisions of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program 
(program).

Background

    In August, 1994, the Council received recommendations from fish and 
wildlife agencies, Indian tribes and others, for amendments to the 
anadromous fish sections of the program. Soon after receiving the 
recommendations, the Council distributed copies of these 
recommendations to interested parties. The Council has reviewed the 
recommendations, and is making its own proposals for program amendments 
based on the recommendations and on information that has been developed 
since 1992. The Council will consider the recommendations in light of 
the standards of the Northwest Power Act, and the September 9, 1994, 
opinion in Northwest Resource Information Center v. Northwest Power 
Planning Council, No. 92-70190, slip opinion (9th Cir. September 9, 
1994), which remanded the Strategy for Salmon to the Council to make 
new findings on recommendations submitted in the Strategy for Salmon 
process. Simultaneously with the Council's review of the August 1994 
recommendations, the Council will reexamine the Strategy for Salmon 
record and make new findings on recommendations submitted in that 
process.

Opportunity To Comment

    The Council invites comments on the August 1994 recommendations 
(document 94-42) and the Council's proposed amendments (document 94-
48). Commenters also may submit comments on recommendations submitted 
in the Strategy for Salmon process (document 91-24). Written comments 
must be submitted by 5 p.m. Pacific time on November 10, 1994, to Steve 
Crow, Director, Public Affairs Division, Northwest Power Planning 
Council, 851 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204-1348. Comments 
should be labeled ``Fish and Wildlife Amendment Comments.'' Public 
hearings also will be held in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington on 
a schedule to be announced in the Council's monthy newsletter, Update. 
After November 10, the Council may initiate futher consultation or 
request written information until December 6, 1994. The Council intends 
to adopt final amendments by mid-December. The Council may adopt or 
modify in whole or in part any of the amendment recommendations or 
proposals.
    Commentors who wish to receive copies of the August 1994 
recommendations (document 94-42), the Council's proposed amendment 
(document 94-48), or the Strategy for Salmon recommendations (document 
91-24) should call the Portland office, Northwest Power Planning 
Council, 851 SW., Sixth Ave., Portland, Oregon 97204-1348, toll free 
800-222-3355, or 222-5161 in Portland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
 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.
Edward W. Sheets,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-25242 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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