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we are building and installing screens; that is a modification. So 

 before I answer that with any degree of certainty, would like to 

 know what that involves. 



Mr. LaRocco. Well I think they are modifications to allow 

 drawdown. I think the Senate champion on this is Senator Hat- 

 field. Are you famihar with his proposals? 



General Harrell. Yes, sir. 



Mr. LaRocco. Well that is what I am talking about. 



General Harrell. Oh, okay. 



I think we have gone on record that if authorization and appro- 

 priation, the process takes over, we have the capability — ^was that 

 your question. We do have the capability within Walla Walla Dis- 

 trict in the District Office, in fact, to do that work. Yes, sir. 



Mr. LaRocco. Okay. Mr. Smith, would those modifications be 

 helpful, in your view? 



Mr. Smith. From what I understand, yes. 



Mr. LaRocco. And how long would it take to complete modifica- 

 tions in the context that we are discussing those? I have heard 13- 

 17 years. Is that reasonable when it took a couple of years to build 

 these? 



General Harrell. When I testified before the Hatfield committee 

 in September of last year in Portland, I indicated 14-17 years it 

 would take to do that modification, and I cited about $4-5 bilhon 

 with which to do that. There are some lesser modifications that 

 could be done in less time and less money. We are talking 4-5 

 years, and so it depends on what you want to buy, whether you 

 want to buy a Chevrolet or a Cadillac. But yes, sir, we have the 

 capabiUty— the 14-17 years for the Cadillac is still out at $4-5 bil- 

 hon, and yes, sir, we would be on track with that. 



Mr. LaRocco. Okay. 



General Harrell. And I have already testified to that. 



Mr. LaRocco. Mr. Smith, you testified in the early part of your 

 testimony, I am not sure if you gave it in yo\ir oral testimony, that 

 NMFS' appointed recovery team expects to distribute a peer review 

 draft of proposed Snake River salmon recovery measures in Octo- 

 ber. And you said, "TTie recovery team will be seeking comments 

 fi*om scientific and technical reviewers fi*om State, Federal, tribal, 

 academic and private entities who provided information and data 

 to the team." I had raised a question with the earlier panel about 

 peer review. Is this an attempt to get some consensus within the 

 scientific community, is that what this is all about? 



Mr. Smith. As you are aware, the recovery team has made sev- 

 eral excursions throughout the region, throughout the past 2 years, 

 gathering information in order to prepare the Recovery Plan. It is 

 a massive amount of information. They felt it would be prudent to 

 take their initial results that they have learned from this informa- 

 tion, and put it in a peer review document so it would go back to 

 those who provided that information, to ensure that it was used 

 properly. They included it, whatever, and so they could get a re- 

 ality check on what they had put in the plan. And that is the at- 

 tempt here, to make sure that they are on track with what they 

 had received before they formally submit it to us and then it goes 

 through the normal process of pubhc comment and so forth. 



