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BPA Programs in Perspective: BPA's fish and wildlife program has also 

 undergone biannual public review, along with other BPA programs, in a 

 regular agency-wide public process known as Programs in Perspective. 

 This process has brought public viewpoints into the agency's overall 

 direction, program direction, and funding decisions. 



BPA pubUc involvement on specific projects: BPA conducts NEPA review 

 including public involvement as appropriate, on individual fish and wildlife 

 projects. For example, BPA is completing an extensive environmental 

 impact statement on a project to restore salmon runs in the Yakima Basin. 



U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1993 Supplemental Flow Options/ Analysis 

 Environmental Impact Statement: In 1993, the Corps prepared a 

 Supplement to the original Environmental Impact Statement that covered 

 1992 operations, with attendant public review, of flow regimes for the 

 year's operation of the hydroelectric system. This Supplemental 

 Environmental Impact Statement will cover 1994 operations and beyond 

 until the System Operation Review is completed and a new operating 

 strategy is seleaed. 



System Operation Review: BPA, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and 

 the Bureau of Reclamation are in the midst of a major environmental 

 impact statement on operation of the Columbia River System The System 

 Operation Review examines the interrelated effects of all river uses, and 

 has a major focus on fish and wildlife. The System Operation Review is 

 expected to produce a long-term "System Operation Strategy" that will 

 provide a framework for balancing all river uses. Numerous regional 

 experts representing the various river uses are participating in the technical 



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