Project: Rock Creek Cresta, North Fork Feather River, CA, 180 MW (two developments), filed in 1979

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Workshop Agenda

• Welcome and Opening Remarks
• Purpose of the Workshop
• Overview and Pending Applications
• Project-Specific Discussions
• Closing Remarks

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MAINE
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Burnham Project No. 11472Sebasticook River, ME,
1.05 MW, filed 1994 (Ridgewood Maine Hydro
Partners, LP), unlicensed operating project

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop The Maine
  legislature amended the state water quality
  standards for dissolved oxygen (DO) standards in
  riverine impoundments.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due Feb. 2004).

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Gulf Island-Deer Rips Project No.
2283Androscoggin River, ME, 31.12 MW (three
developments), filed 1991 (FPL Energy Maine Hydro
LLC), relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Maine
  legislature amended the state water quality
  standards for measuring DO in riverine
  impoundments. Subsequently, Maine DEP initiated
  a process to establish site-specific criteria for
  measuring compliance with DO standards in Gulf
  Island Pond.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due Sept. 2004).

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Flagstaff Project No. 2612Dead River, ME, no
generating facilities, filed 1995 (FPL Energy
Maine Hydro, LLC), relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop The Maine
  legislature passed resolution clarifying issues
  related to storage reservoir drawdowns. Maine DEP
  issued final WQC Nov. 14, 2003.
• Remaining Actions Issue Order.

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Storage Project No. 2634Penobscot River, ME, no
generating facilities, filed 1998 (Great Lakes
Hydro America, LLC), relicense

• Project is new to the list FEA issued June
  2002. ESA consultation completed Aug. 2002. WQC
  request withdrawn and refiled Jan. 2003. Staff
  issued letter Oct. 30, 2003, requesting status of
  settlement negotiations. Response filed Nov. 28,
  2003.
• Remaining Actions Settlement agreement expected
  in April 2004. Need WQC (expected following
  settlement agreement).

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Howland Project No. 2721Piscataquis River, ME,
1.9 MW, filed 1998 (PPL Maine Energy Hydro, LLP),
surrender/relicense

• Project is new to the list REA notice issued
  Aug. 8, 2003. Comments due Oct. 7, 2003.
  Suspended until filing of comprehensive
  settlement agreement. Non-decisional staff
  assigned to facilitate settlement.
• Remaining Actions File settlement, notice
  settlement, initiate NEPA scoping, prepare
  environmental document, PA, complete ESA
  consultation, receive WQC, and issue order.

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NEW YORK
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Oswego River Project No. 2474Oswego River, NY,
18 MW (three developments), filed 1991 (Erie
Boulevard Hydropower, LP), relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop
  Commission Dispute Resolution Service staff is
  assisting stakeholders, as needed, in settlement
  negotiations. Status of filing of settlement
  expected Dec. 11.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (expected following
  settlement agreement).

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School Street Project No. 2539Mohawk River, NY,
38 MW, filed 1993 (Erie Boulevard Hydro, LP),
relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Settlement
  talks continue.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (expected following
  settlement agreement).

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VERMONT
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Carver Falls Project No. 11475Poultney River,
NY/VT, 1.85 MW, filed 1994 (Central Vermont
Public Service Corporation), unlicensed operating
project

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Licensee
  met with VANR in January and February 2003 to
  discuss aesthetic flows and flashboard design
  which VANR says is needed before WQC can be
  issued.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due May 2004).

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Silver Lake Project No. 11478Sucker Brook, VT,
2.2 MW, filed 1994 (Central Vermont Public
Service Corporation), unlicensed operating
project

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Dec. 2002
  benthic survey results indicate to VANR that a
  drawdown plan needs to be developed by the
  applicant before VANR can issue a WQC.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due May 2004).

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Lamoille River Project No. 2205Lamoille River,
VT, 16.88 MW (four developments), filed 1987
(Central Vermont Public Service Corporation),
relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Licensee
  filed a settlement agreement in July 2003.
  Public notice was issued Aug. 13, 2003,
  requesting comments by Sept. 2, 2003. FWS
  comments received Sept. 4, 2003.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due March 2004).

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CALIFORNIA
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Escondido Project No. 176San Luis Rey River,
CA, 1.64 MW, filed 1971, amended 1975 (City of
Escondido), relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop Four
  status reports filed. On October 10, 2003, the
  parties to a 34-year-old water rights dispute
  reached a water allocation agreement.
• Remaining Actions Need comprehensive agreement,
  pursuant to project-specific legislation.

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Lower Tule Project No. 372 Tule River, CA, 2.52
MW, filed 1998 (Southern California Edison
Company), Sequoia National Forest, relicense

• Project is new to the list DEA issued Jan.
  2002, FEA issued June 2002, BO filed by FWS Nov.
  2002. Feb 2003 report on water temp. and fish
  distribution filed with SWRCB. WQC request
  refiled March 2003.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due March 2004).

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IDAHO
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Bliss Project No. 1975, Upper Salmon Falls
Project No. 2777, Lower Salmon Falls Project No.
2061, Shoshone Falls Project No. 2778, and C.J.
Strike Project No. 2055Snake River, ID, combined
252 MW, filed 1995, and 1998 (Idaho Power
Company), relicense, C.J. Strike occupies BLM
Lands.

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop ESA
  consultation and settlement negotiations between
  FWS and Idaho Power.
• Remaining Actions Need BO.

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OREGON
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Powerdale Project No. 2659Hood River, OR, 6 MW,
relicense filed 1998, surrender filed 2003
(PacifiCorp)

• Project is new to the list Relicense
  application filed Feb. 25, 1998. Relicense FEA
  issued Dec. 2001. Offer of Settlement for interim
  operations and dam removal by 2012 filed on June
  16, 2003, with request to hold relicense
  application in abeyance. Noticed on June 26,
  2003. Comments due July 28, 2003. Comments
  received from American Rivers, Interior, State of
  Oregon, and NOAA-Fisheries. EA issued Dec. 4,
  2003.
• Remaining Actions Need WQC (due June 2004),
  initiate ESA consultation (upon issuance of EA).

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WASHINGTON
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Condit Project No. 2342White Salmon River, WA,
14.7 MW, relicense filed 1991, surrender filed
1999, (PacifiCorp)

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop
  Commission staff continues to discuss WQC and BO
  issuance with Ecology and NOAA Fisheries,
  respectively.
• Remaining Actions Need BO from NOAA Fisheries
  (expected Mar. 2004). Need WQC for surrender
  application (due May 2004).

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Snoqualmie Falls Project No. 2493Snoqualmie
River, WA, 42 MW (49 MW proposed), filed 1991
(Puget Sound Energy), relicense

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop NOAA
  Fisheries concurred with staffs finding of not
  likely to adversely affect in Mar. 2003. WQC
  issued Sept. 2003. CZM compliance certified Nov.
  13, 2003. Puget intends to file supplement to
  application in Dec. 2003.
• Remaining Actions Issue Order.

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ARIZONA
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Childs Irving Project No. 2069Fossil Creek, AZ,
7 MW (2 developments), relicense filed 1992,
surrender filed April 30, 2002 (Arizona Public
Service Company), Coconino and Tonto National
Forests

• Activity Since November 2002 Workshop DEA on
  surrender application issued June 2003. WQC
  issued Nov. 25, 2003. FEA to be issued Jan. 2004.
  
• Remaining Actions Need formal ESA consultation
  (upon issuance of FEA).