Questions for Bonneville Power Administration Task Force Hearing 

 April 28, 1993 



QUESTIONS FROM CONGRESSMAN LAROCCO ,^^p 



FISH AND WILDLIFE/SALMON RECOVERY 



Question 1 : Does BPA plan on cutting its current Fish and Wildlife program? If so, can 

 you give this Task Force an approximate amount of cuts in the Fish and 

 Wildlife program"' Will it be necessary to maintain current Fish aiH^gi^fir^ wl^ 

 staff levels to administer less money? Further, will there be an equafaecr^er 

 in Fish and Wildlife administrative staff commensurate with cuts in fish and 

 Wildlife program^'' * Im^-'S:' 



Answer As is the case with all of BPA programs, we are considering a reduction in 



our fish and wildlife program in the range of 10 to 25 percent of the post- 

 Programs in Perspective (PIP) levels (or by approximately $10 - $20 

 million) For example, assuming an annual program level in the range of 

 $80 million, BPA would have approximately 60 total employees with 30 

 additional employees involved in the contracting effort. This level of staff 

 would reflect salaries and benefits of $1 8 million or about 2.2 percent of 

 an $80 million program An FY 1993 management analysis of Division of 

 Fish and Wildlife staffing needs revealed that 86 employees (an increase 

 of 26) would be required to fully address all current responsibilities. 



It should be noted that BPA's responsibility for implementation of the Fish 

 and Wildlife Program clearly involves more than administering contracts. A 

 majority of the BPA "contracting" staff h»?e^alogical backgrounds that 

 enable project scoping and leadership beyond that routinely found in 

 contracting offices Additionally, BPA has initiated a monitoring and 

 evaluation program to effectively examine project benefits and results This 



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