Council Meeting

September 12 - 14, 2006
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites 204 West Marine Drive
Astoria

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Monday, September 11

Council Members tour, Columbia River Estuary - 6pm

Tuesday, September 12

Fish Committee - 8:30am

  • Recommendation (70k PDF) on within-year project funding requests
    • Project 2000-001-00 Improvement of Anadromous Fish Habitat and Passage in Omak Creek
    • Project 1992-061-00, Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation
  • Recommendations (70k PDF) on Fiscal Year 2007-2009 project funding

Power Committee - 1pm

  • Discussion (60k PDF) of Council comments on Regional Dialogue Draft Policy
  • Report (60k PDF) on power system July 24, hot weather event
  • Discussion (80k PDF) of Resource Adequacy implementation and capacity papers
  • Review (170k PDF) of Power Planning Division work plan
  • Update (60k PDF) on Bonneville conservation targets
  • Commercial Model Conservation Standards (70k PDF)
  • Renewables paper (110k PDF)
  • Report (70k PDF) on progress in Renewable Resource Integration Action Plan

Wednesday, September 13, Council Meeting - 8am

  8 - 8:15am Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair:  Rhonda Whiting, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Kempton, chair, power committee; and Larry Cassidy, chair, public affairs committee.  
1.  8:15am - Noon Approval of 2007-2009 Draft Recommendations of Basinwide / Mainstem on-the-ground and Multi-Province / Province project funding: Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and John Shurts, general counsel.  
2. 1:30 - 2pm Presentation by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission on the role of the Commission and its member tribes in implementing the Northwest Power Act. download
60k PDF
3. 2 - 2:45pm Panel on estuary survival issues:  Representatives from NOAA, LCREP and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. download
60k PDF
4. 3 - 3:30pm Report on power system July 24, hot weather event:  Wally Gibson, manager, system analysis and generation. download
280k PDF
5. 3:30 - 3:45pm Council decision to release Resource Adequacy Forum implementation paper for comment: Wally Gibson; and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst. download
110k PDF
6. 3:45 - 4:15pm Council decision on within-year project funding requests: Doug Marker; and Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.
  • Project 2000-001-00 Improvement of Anadromous Fish Habitat and Passage in Omak Creek
  • Project 1992-061-00, Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation
 download
70k PDF
  4:15 - 4:30pm Comments from local fishing interests.  
7. 4:30pm Council Business:
  • Approval of minutes
  • Charter renewal (250k PDF) for Natural Gas Advisory Committee
  • Approval of release of Draft Annual Report to Congress release for public comment
  

Thursday, September 14 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 8am

8.  8 - 8:30am Council decision to release Council comments on Regional Dialogue Draft Policy: Terry Morlan, director, power division. download
60k PDF
9. 8:30 - 9am Presentation on the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG facility: Paul Soanes, president, NorthernStar Natural Gas. download
60k PDF
  9am - Noon Continuation of discussion of approval of 2007-2009 Draft Recommendations of Basinwide/Mainstem on-the-ground and Multi-Province / Province project funding: Doug Marker, Patty O’Toole, and John Shurts.  

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.

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