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Volume 1: Sections 1-7 WELLS HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FERC PROJECT NO. 2149 PRE-APPLICATION DOCUMENT (PAD) VOLUME 1: SECTIONS 1-7 Prepared by: Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County 1151 Valley Mall Parkway East Wenatchee, WA 98802 www.douglaspud.org/relicensing December 2006 © Copyright 2006. Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County. All Rights Reserved. For copies of this Pre-Application Document, contact: Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County Attention: Relicensing 1151 Valley Mall Parkway East Wenatchee, WA 98802-4497 Phone: (509)884-7191 E-Mail: [email protected] © Copyright 2006. Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County. All Rights Reserved. Table of Contents AGENTS FOR DOUGLAS PUD..................................................................................................1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS......................................................................................2 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................4 1.0 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................5 2.0 PROCESS PLAN AND SCHEDULE...............................................................................7 2.1 Site Visit and Scoping Meetings..................................................................7 2.2 Participation in the ILP ................................................................................8 2.3 Communication Protocol.............................................................................8 2.3.1 Distribution of Relicensing Material ...........................................................8 2.3.2 Information Requests...................................................................................9 2.3.3 Meeting Notices and Minutes ......................................................................9 2.3.4 FERC Communications.............................................................................10 2.4 Relicensing Meetings.................................................................................11 2.4.1 Public Meetings.........................................................................................11 2.4.2 Resource Work Groups..............................................................................11 2.5 Consultation Guidelines.............................................................................12 2.5.1 Participation in the Formal Relicensing Process .......................................12 2.5.2 Conduct of Meetings..................................................................................12 2.5.3 Structure of Meetings.................................................................................12 3.0 PROJECT LOCATION, FACILITIES, AGREEMENTS AND OPERATIONS .....13 3.1 Project Location.........................................................................................13 3.2 Project Facilities.........................................................................................15 3.2.1 Wells Dam.................................................................................................15 3.2.2 Turbines/Generators...................................................................................16 3.2.3 Reservoir....................................................................................................17 3.2.4 Tailrace ......................................................................................................17 3.2.5 Switchyard .................................................................................................18 3.2.6 Transmission System.................................................................................19 3.2.7 Spillway .....................................................................................................21 3.2.8 Juvenile Fish Bypass System.....................................................................21 3.2.9 Adult Fish Ladders.....................................................................................23 3.2.10 Station Service...........................................................................................25 3.2.11 Dedicated Back-up Power Supply .............................................................25 3.2.12 Pressurized Draft Tube Gate Gallery.........................................................25 3.2.13 Gantry Cranes............................................................................................26 3.3 Fish Mitigation Facilities ...........................................................................26 3.3.1 Hatchery Facilities.....................................................................................26 3.3.2 Wells Hatchery...........................................................................................26 3.3.3 Methow Hatchery.......................................................................................28 3.4 Project Lands.............................................................................................29 3.5 Current Operation......................................................................................29 Pre-Application Document Page i Wells Project No. 2149 3.6 Proposed Operations..................................................................................31 3.7 New Facilities or Components to be Constructed......................................31 3.8 Other Project Information..........................................................................31 3.8.1 Settlements and Agreements......................................................................31 3.8.1.1 Acquisition of Lands within Colville Indian Reservation (1962)..............31 3.8.1.2 Power Sales Contracts (Power Purchasers) ...............................................32 3.8.1.3 Power Sales Contract and Memorandum of Understanding with Okanogan PUD ..........................................................................................32 3.8.1.4 Power Loss from Wells Project Encroachment on Chief Joseph Dam (1968).........................................................................................................33 3.8.1.5 Agreement Relating to the Operation of Salmon Mitigative Facilities at Wells Dam (1969)..................................................................................33 3.8.1.6 Agreement between Douglas PUD and the CCT for Fish and Wildlife Mitigation (1970).........................................................................33 3.8.1.7 Agreement between Douglas PUD and Ervin and Loretta Wolley and the CCT Regarding Use of Freeboard Lands (1970) ..........................34 3.8.1.8 Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Game for Mitigation of Gamefish Losses in Connection with the Wells Project (1972).........................................................................................................34 3.8.1.9 Agreement between Douglas PUD and the State of Washington Department of Game for Wildlife Mitigation (1974) ................................34 3.8.1.10 Agreement between Douglas PUD and the State of Washington Department of Game for Mitigation of Wildlife Impacts in Connection with the Proposed Forebay Elevation Raise at the Wells Project (1982).............................................................................................34 3.8.1.11 Memorandum of Agreement – Cultural Resources Management Program (1983) ..........................................................................................35 3.8.1.12 Partial Settlement Re: Cultural Resources Mitigation Prior to Forebay Elevation Increase (1983) ............................................................35 3.8.1.13 Interlocal Agreement for Chief Joseph State Park (1983) and Memorandum of Understanding (2003) ....................................................35 3.8.1.14 Partial Settlement Re: Wildlife Habitat Mitigation for Forebay Elevation Increase (1984) ..........................................................................36 3.8.1.15 Agreements with Pateros, Brewster and Bridgeport regarding additional recreation facilities (1987) ........................................................36 3.8.1.16 Vernita Bar Settlement Agreement (1988) and Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Protection Program Agreement (2004) .......................................36 3.8.1.17 Settlement Agreement with Wells Project Power Purchasers (1989)........37 3.8.1.18 Memorandum of Understanding with USFWS and State of Washington Department of Fisheries (1990).............................................37 3.8.1.19 Memorandum of Understanding with State Parks and WDFW (1991).........................................................................................................38 3.8.1.20 Memorandum of Agreement with the WDFW (1995) ..............................38 3.8.1.21 Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreement (1997) ...............38 3.8.1.22 Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement (PNCA) (1997)....................38 3.8.1.23 Mid-Columbia Hourly Coordination Agreement (1997)...........................39 Pre-Application Document Page ii Wells Project No. 2149 3.8.1.24 Hatchery Sharing Agreement with Chelan PUD (2002)............................39 3.8.1.25 Anadromous Fish Agreement and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) (2004).........................................................................................................39 3.8.1.26 Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with Grant PUD (2004)......................40 3.8.1.27
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