-and tritjes. (16 US C, 839&(h)(7)(C) 1 TtaeOouncei encourages th-e-wildlife agencies andtribes to,: 

 consult with Ttie Peregnne-Fund fnc . during the development of specific wildlife mitigation plans 

 and agreements to incorporate' if appropriate, recovery plans tor the peregrine falcon. 



I004(b)-(d) PNUCC This application was submitted by PNUCC to revise the current section 

 1004 planning process for developing programs for the protection, mitigation and enhancement of 

 Wildlife resources The application calls for wildlife mitigation plans to be coordinated with and 

 comoiement other existing wildlife management plans, deletion of loss statements, and 

 requirements for consensus and negotiation by parties at each stage of the planning process. The 

 Council staff proposes rejecting this application The current section 1004(b) was amended in 

 1984 in response to recommendations submitted by PNUCC and the wildlife agencies and tribes. 

 Those recommendations were adopted to restructure and clarify the planning provisions m section 

 1004(b), Under the current program Bonneville has spent nearly S3 million and funded loss 

 statements ana mitigation plans from over half of the federal projects m the basin Further, the 

 Council proposes to amend wildlife mitigation plans into the program, to allow for substantial 

 public review of each wildlife plan The existing program already recognizes the need for 

 coordination and negotiated agreements See sections 1004(b)(5). 1304(c) Requiring 

 'consensus' could, in effect, give ratepayers veto power over wildlife programs beyond the terms 

 of the Northwest Power Act For these reasons, the Council staff believes the proposed 

 amendment would be less effective than the adopted recommendations in protecting mitigating 

 and enhancing wildlife and their habitat to the extent harmea by hydropower operations and 

 development, (16 use 839b(h)(7)(C)) 



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