The implications of salmon recovery for the Bonneville Power Administration and the region.
Environmental Law › Vol. 25 Nbr. 2, March 1995
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Colloquium: Who Runs the River?
Plans that have been suggested for salmon restoration in the Columbia River Basin could lead to rate increases of about 20%, according to estimates by the Bonneville Power Administration. People will not be willing to pay that amount unless they see definite results in increased salmon populations. However, the decision in Northwest Resource Information Center v. Northwest Power Planning Council may not have much impact because the Council is an interstate compact whose decisions are not binding on federal agencies. The decision in Idaho Department of Fish & Game v. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) suggests that the NMFS, a federal agency, is in charge.See the full content of this document
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The implications of salmon recovery for the Bonneville Power Administration and the region.
I am the General Counsel of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and I am here to talk about the opinions in Northwest Resource Information Center v. Northwest Power Planning Council (NRIC)(1) and Idaho Department of Fish & Game v. National Marine Fisheries Service (IDFG).(2) This sort of reminds me of the story Lincoln told about the man who was about to be ridden out of town on a rail, tarred and feathered. He said, "if it were not for the honor, he would just as soon pass."
The question is: Who runs the Columbia River? Of course, the Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates two of the major federal dams on the Columbia, and the Corps of Engineers owns and operates the rest of the federal dams. BPA does not own any dams; BPA just markets the power from the dams and has a role in planning the opera...See the full content of this document
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