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Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 to Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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Tuesday, June 10

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting – 10am Mountain Daylight Time – Blackfoot Room

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  • Project Review: Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
    • Project #1992-009-00, Yakima Phase II Fish Screens Operations and Maintenance (O&M) with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
  • Update on the Fish Tagging Forum consensus recommendations
  • Discussion of program amendment public hearings

Power Committee – 8:30am Mountain Daylight Time – Bitterroot Room

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  • Pacific Northwest Hydropower Potential Scoping Study, GC (8:30 - 8:45)
  • Contribution of New Federal Standards toward Sixth Plan Energy Efficiency Goals, TE, CG (8:45 - 9:15)
  • Review of RTF Budget and Process for New Funding Cycle (2015-2019), NO, CG, TE (9:15 - 9:45)
  • Update on RTF Small Rural Utility Assistance, NO, CG, Jim Maunder, Ravalli Electric; David Bopp, Flathead Electric; Eugene Rosolie, Cowlitz PUD, Ralph Goode, Mission Valley Electric (9:45 - 10:15)
  • Break (10:15 - 10:30)
  • Status Report on Study of Health Benefits of Wood Smoke Reduction, CG (10:30 - 11)
  • Report on NEEA’s proposed Business Plan and Governance changes, CG (11 - 11:15)
  • Report on RPM Redevelopment Project and Discussion of Additional Contractor Support, CB (11 - 11:45)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm Mountain Daylight Time – Blackfoot Room

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 1:30 – 1:45pmReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Smith, chair, power committee; Henry Lorenzen, chair, public affairs committee.
1.1:45 – 2:15pmReview of Bonneville’s Post 2011 EE Policy and EE Aspects of the IPR Process: Charlie Black, director, power division, introduction;  Richard Genece, Vice President of Energy Efficiency, Bonneville Power Administration; and Matt Tidwell, Policy Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration, presenters.
2.2:15 – 2:30pmBriefing on EPA Proposed Rule to Cut CO2 Emissions from Power Plants: Charlie Black
3.2:30 – 3pmRegional Technical Forum PAC recommendation to Council on RTF funding cycle (2015-2019): Nick O’Neil, RTF conservation analyst, introduction; Pat Smith, Montana Council Member and Jim West, RTF Co-Chairs, presentation.
 3 – 3:15pmBreak
4.3:15 – 3:45 pm.Comments from Montana Electric Utility Cooperatives: Possible representatives from Missoula Electric Cooperative, Ravalli Electric Cooperative, Mission Valley Power, Vigilante Electric Cooperative, Glacier Electric Cooperative, Lincoln Electric Cooperative and Flathead Electric Cooperative.
5.3:45 – 4:15pmPublic comment on Council Draft Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2015 Revised Budget. (Council document 2014-02) and other issues related to Council activities

Tuesday, June 10, 4:30pm – 6pm, Blackfoot Room

Public hearing on the Council’s draft Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

Wednesday, June 11

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 8am Mountain Daylight Time in the Blackfoot Room

Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am Mountain Daylight Time – Blackfoot Room

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6.8:30 – 9:15amUpdate on the acquisition of Kerr Dam by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes:  Brian Lipscomb, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Keepers, Inc.
7.9:15 – 9:30amCouncil decision on project review: Mark Fritsch, manager, program implementation:
  • Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation: Project #1992-009-00, Yakima Phase II Fish Screens Operations and Maintenance (O&M) with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
8.9:30 – 9:45amUpdate on Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; John Shurts, general counsel; and Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist.
9.9:45 – 10:15amPresentation on Final 2012 Hatchery Fin Clip Report:  Chris Wheaton, StreamNet Program Manager, Pacific States Marine Fishery Commission
 10:15 – 10:30amBreak
10.10:30 – 11:30amPanel on invasive species in the Columbia:  Erik Hanson, Coordinator, Flathead Basin AIS Management Effort; Virgil Dupuis, Salish-Kootenai College.
11.11:30 – 11:45amSixth Power Plan/Ninth Circuit remand: Decision on supplemental statement concerning information on the costs of implementing the fish and wildlife program. John Shurts
12.11:45amCouncil Business:
  • Adoption of minutes
  • Council decision to release for public comment the Council’s draft Annual Report to the Governors on Bonneville’s Fish and Wildlife Costs

The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.