Monday, October 6, 2014 to Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Monday, October 6
Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Columbia/Snake Meeting Rooms
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| 1. | 1:30pm | Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process (breaks as needed): Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; John Shurts, general counsel. See Draft Program (Word format) |
Tuesday, October 7
Fish and Wildlife Committee – 9am – Columbia/Snake Meeting Rooms
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- Follow-up Project Reviews, MF (45 min)
- Project #2008-458-00, Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning
- Project #2008-115-00, Lake Roosevelt Burbot Population Assessment
- Environmental Improvements in the Tucannon Watershed. Steve Martin, Director Snake River Salmon Recovery Board, MF (30 min)
- Briefing on the methods for quantifying environmental costs and benefits and other environmental considerations in the Seventh Power Plan, JS (60 min)
Power Committee – 9:00am – Tucannon/Palouse Meeting rooms
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- Energy Efficiency Assessment Methodology, including Frozen Efficiency Approach, CG, TJ, KS (60 min)
- Generation Resource Assessment Methodology, GC, SS (60 min)
- Financial assumptions, including sponsor profiles, and treatment of state and federal tax incentives for Resource Development, CG, GC, TJ, SS, TE (45 min)
1. Conservation Resource Financial Assumptions
2. Generation Resource Financial Assumptions - RPM Project Update, Presentation, RPM Assessment by D Logan, BK (30 min)
Continuation of Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Columbia/Snake Meeting Rooms
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| 1:30 – 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Smith, chair, power committee; and Henry Lorenzen, chair, public affairs committee. | |
| 2. | 1:45 – 2:15pm | Briefing on Regional Conservation Progress Survey Results: Charlie Grist, manager, conservation resources; and, Jennifer Anziano, manager, Regional Technical Forum |
| 3. | 2:15 – 2:45pm | Council Decision on Regional Technical Forum Work Plan and Budget: Jennifer Anziano and Charlie Grist; Jim West, Co-Chair of the RTF PAC |
| 2:45 – 3pm | Break | |
| 4. | 3 – 3:45pm | Presentation by Werner Buehler, Executive Vice President, Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative; and Troy Cox, Manager, Columbia Power Cooperative Association |
| 5. | 3:45pm | Council business: Approval of minutes |
| Public comment on the Environmental Methodology Issue Paper (Council document 2014-09) or the Power Plan High-Level Indicators Issue Paper (Council document 2014-10). Public comment may also be offered on any other issue before the Council with the exception of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. |
Wednesday, October 8
Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am – Columbia/Snake Meeting Rooms
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| 6. | 9am | Council decision and adoption of the amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program |
The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.