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input from the agencies and Tribes, the Council should set the amount of 

 the annual lump-sum payment. Because needs and conditions change, the 

 payment should not be capped in perpetuity. TTiis lump-sum arrangement 

 should not have no bearing w^iatsoever on hydropower operations such as 

 storage releases or reservoir drawdowns for salmon recovery. For example, 

 the agencies and Tribes would not "buy" flows or drawdowns back from the 

 BPA with this lump-sum payment. 



J) Legislatively creating a new entity or designating an existtng agency with 

 authority to mandate satnon recovery actions. 



If the Congress adopts such legislation, it should designate the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, w^ich has the geographic scope and the internal resources 

 to work efifectively for recovery not only of the salmon, but threatened and 

 endangered species throughout the Colvunbia Basin. The National Marine 

 Fisheries Service does not. Nor has NMFS demonstrated the requisite 

 diligence. 



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