Montana Member'-'Morns Brusen 

 Member - Gerald Mueller 

 Northwest Power Planning Council 

 Capitol Station 

 Helena, Montana 59620 

 406-444-3952 



■■JO(egon Menit)er,-X)on Godard 

 Member - Robert Duncan 

 Northwest Power Planning Council 

 505C State Office Building 

 1400 S W 5th Avenue 

 Portland. Oregon 97201 

 503-229-5171 



Washington, Vice Chairman - Kai N Lee 

 Northwest Power Planning Council 

 • Olympic Tower Building, Suite 700 

 217 Pine Street 

 Seattle, Washington 98101 

 206-464-6519 



Washington Member - Tom T Trulove 

 Northwest Power Planning Council 

 P Box B 



Cheney, Washington 99004 

 509-359-7352 



Some of the Council s committees also may discuss portions of this document at their 

 meetings To receive notices of those meetings see the order form on the last page of this 

 introduction. 



ISSUES FOR COMMENT 



The Council is particularly interested in comments on the following issues raised by this 

 document. 



1. Standards 



The Northwest Power Act specifies the standards for program measures. See 16 U S,C. 

 839b(h)(5).(6) To be adopted by the Council, a proposal for amendment must: 



a Protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife affected by development, operation, and 

 management of Columbia Basm hydropower facilities while assuring the region an adequate, 

 efficient, economical, and reliable power supply 



b. Complement existing and future activities of fish and wildlife agencies and Indian tnbes, 



c. Be based on. and supported by, the best available scientific knowledge, 



d. Where equally effective alternative means of achieving the same sound biological objective 

 exist use the alternative with the minimum economic cost 



e Be consistent with legal rights of the Indian tribes 



f With respect to anadromous fish, provide tor improved survival at Columbia Basm 

 hydropower facilities and provide flows of sufficient quality and quantity between facilities to 

 improve production, migration, and survival as necessary to meet sound biological 

 objectives. 



The Council seeks comment on whether the amendments proposed for adoption m Part 1 of 

 this document meet these standards The Council or Council staff has concluded, tentatively, that 



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