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Committee meeting

Fish Passage Center Oversight Board meeting

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 to Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tuesday, May 11

Fish Committee – Large conference room – 8:30am

  • Preliminary discussion of MERR Comments (updated 5/11)
  • Fast Track Proposals (90k PDF)
  • Discussion (190k PDF) on Council response to HSRG recommendations
  • Status update (80k PDF) on RM&E and Artificial Production reviews
  • Step 3 review (2mb PDF, updated 5/10) of Project # 2003-023-00, Chief Joseph Hatchery Program
  • Update (1mb PDF, updated 5/14) from the Regional PIT-tag coordination work group – Ruff, Giorgi, and Geiselman
  • Project Reviews
    • Quarterly Review (80k PDF) – Within-year project funding adjustments for implementation (tentative)
    • Accord Project (70k PDF) – Project #2008-471-00, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation

Power Committee – Small conference room – 8:30am

  • Presentation (250k PDF) on Conservation Performance Uncertainty
  • Review (490k PDF) of 2009 Electricity Sales and Outlook for 2010
  • Energy Savings (170k PDF) from New Building Codes and Appliance Standards: Residential Water Heat
  • Current Activity (125k PDF, updated 5/11) Related to Tradable Renewable Energy Credits  
  • Update (60k PDF) on Bonneville’s Proposed Post-2011 Conservation Program

Council Meeting - large and small conference rooms - 1:30pm

 

1:30 – 1:45pm

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.

  
 1.

1:45 – 2:15pm

Remarks by Claire Fulenwider, Executive Director of NEEA.

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(90k PDF,updated 5/12)
 2.

2:15 – 2:45pm

Status report on Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce work plan:  Ken Canon, Executive Director, Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities

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(90k PDF)
 3.

2:45 – 3:30pm

Presentation on MERR and preliminary discussion of MERR comments: Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager

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(updated 5/11)

 

3:30 – 3:45pm

Break

  
4.

3:45 – 4:15pm

  Presentation by Steve Wright, administrator, Bonneville Power Administration. download
(60k PDF)
5.

4:15 – 4:45pm

IEAB planning discussion:  Terry Morlan, director, power division; and Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division

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(100k PDF)
6.

4:45pm

Council Business:

  • Adoption of minutes
  • Council decision to release draft budget (300k PDF) for public comment
  • Council decision on renewal of Conservation Resource Advisory Committee Charter (90k PDF)
  • Council decision on renewal of Generating Resources Advisory Committee Charter (90k PDF)
  • Discussion (90k PDF) of possible request to ISAB to review use of barbed hooks
  • Council decision to approve a comment letter to the Bonneville Power Administration regarding the agency's post-2011 conservation framework
  

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, May 11.

Wednesday, May 12

Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am

7.

8:30 – 8:45am

Council decision on Project Reviews:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

Accord Project – Project #2008-471-00, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation

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(100k PDF)
8.

8:45 – 9:30am

Presentation by PGE on Boardman coal plant alternatives:  James Lobdell, Vice President, Power Operations and Resource Planning, PGE.

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(1.5mb PDF,updated 5/12)
9.

9:30 – 10am

Council decision on Step 3 review of Project # 2003-023-00, Chief Joseph Hatchery Program:  Mark Fritsch.

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(2mb PDF,updated 5/10)
10.

10 – 10:15am

Council decision on Fast Track Proposals:  Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator; and Mark Fritsch.

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90k PDF

 

10:15 – 10:30am

Break

  
11.

10:30 – 11:45am

Discussion of matters related to the project review process and Fish and Wildlife Division Workplan (follow-up to the April 19 Fish and Wildlife Committee meeting): Bill Booth, Idaho Council Member and chair of fish and wildlife committee; and Tony Grover.

  • Discussion of timing of categorical and geographic reviews and coordination with other Fish and Wildlife program implementation activities.
  • Discussion regarding certain elements of the Monitoring Evaluation Research and Reporting (MERR) plan during the upcoming Research Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E) and Artificial Production (AP) Categorical reviews.
  • Discussion and guidance to direct the fish and wildlife division to draft a Council letter offering policy guidance to the Independent Science Review Panel for use during the RM&E and AP categorical review.
  • Discussion of the potential to conduct all geographic reviews in one group.
  • Discussion of alternatives for future program solicitations for new work.
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80k PDF
12.

11:45am – Noon

Discussion on Council response to HSRG recommendations: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.

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(190k PDF)
13.

Noon

Update on multi-year action plan development: Patty O'Toole, program implementation manager.

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(65k PDF)

The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.  Public comment will be taken after each agenda item as time allows.

To participate by phone in any of the meetings, please call the Council’s central office for the phone-in number.