Key to tnat objective is es-tatiterifn€n4-o<-enaOfo<"notis-*+s»i-§oa+s-base£i the Counctrs 

 statement of the hydropower responsibility in program section 202 onjhe extent of losses 

 attributable to the nydropower system StJCln-an-Gftoft-wotJW-fe*ieet-stattjtofy-dtfectfves4o-de^e- 

 The statement of hydropower responsibility reflects the scope of the program within the limits 

 of hydropower system liability for losses 16USC 839b(h)(5).(8),(l0). l4-wouW-respofid-to- 

 Sect>on-2Q^-oWne-pfogfam- [Source Council staff ] 



Another important way to protect the ratepayer investment is to ensure that new hydroelectric 

 development is conditioned from the beginning to protect salmon and steelhead resident fish and 

 wildlife That objective is central to the Council s power pian as well as its Columbia River Basin 

 Fish and Wildlife Program. It responds to the. Congressional directive to devise a program which 

 ' prote'jts" as well as "enhances" and "mitigates " It also responds to the preference, in the 

 Council's power plan, for orderly planning and development of hydroelectric projects which will 

 avoid adverse fish and wildlife impacts. 



The Council also believes that improving harvest controls to increase salmon and steelhead 

 returns to the Columbia River Basm is essential to protection of the ratepayer investment. This 

 objective reflects continuing concern that enhancement expenditures m the basin will benefit 

 Hiadequateiy controlled oceafi4tstn(fig-as-tofig-as4hefe-+6-fio-tfitefcepttofi-agfeefnent-betweefi4<ne- 

 Unrted-States-afie)-Canada7-ak)ng-wf4h-othef-«nd.K:a?ofs-of-aaeqiiate-*iafvesl-cofitfote harvest 

 without continued commitments to and improvements in harvest regulation by the fishery 

 managers Initiation of electrophoresis and known-stock fisnenes stuoies under the program is an 

 attempt to remedy this problem [Source Council staff.] 



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