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MS. J. GARY SMITH 



1I0RTHV28T REOIOMXL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR 



NATIONAL MARINE riSHERIES SERVICE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



O.S. DEPARTMENT 07 COMMERCE 



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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION TASK FORCE 



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CONNITTBB ON NATXHUO. RE800RCE8 



0.8. HOUSE 07 REPRESENTATIVES 



BOISE, IDAHO 



SEPTEMBER 24, 1993 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: 



I an Gary Smith, Director of Regional Operations, Northwest ^ 

 Region, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) , National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of 

 Commerce. I appreciate the opportunity to participate in this 

 hearing to provide NMFS' comments on the Northwest Power Planning 

 Council's (Council) Strategy for Salmon and the Bonneville Power 

 Administration's (BPA) funding of that program. 



Your invitation to participate in these hearings requested that 

 we address a number of specific questions related to recovery of 

 salmon stocks in the Columbia River Basin. The questions you 

 posed seek to determine whether appropriate measures are being 

 proposed or undertaken to protect, mitigate, and enhance salmon 

 populations affected by federal hydroelectric facilities on the 

 Columbia River and its tributaries, and whether existing 

 institutions and institutional arrangements are adequately 

 implementing those measures. 



