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Committee on Resources House of Representatives One Hundred Sixth Congress HYDROPOWER RIVER MANAGE- MENT AND SALMON RECOV- ERY ISSUES ON THE COLUMBIA/SNAKE RIVER SYS- TEM FIELD HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 27, 2000, PASCO, WASHINGTON Serial No. 106-94 Printed for the use of the Committee on Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house or Committee address: http://www.resourcescommittee.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 68-012 DTP WASHINGTON : 2001 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:16 Apr 30, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 68012.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: HRESOUR1 COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES DON YOUNG, Alaska, Chairman W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN, Louisiana GEORGE MILLER, California JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia JIM SAXTON, New Jersey EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts ELTON GALLEGLY, California BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado PETER A.DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland Samoa KEN CALVERT, California NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii RICHARD W. POMBO, California SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming OWEN B. PICKETT, Virginia HELEN CHENOWETH-HAGE, Idaho FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GEORGE P. RADANOVICH, California CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY, Texas Rico CHRIS CANNON, Utah ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam KEVIN BRADY, Texas PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island JOHN PETERSON, Pennsylvania ADAM SMITH, Washington RICK HILL, Montana CHRIS JOHN, Louisiana BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado DONNA MC CHRISTESEN, Virgin Islands JIM GIBBONS, Nevada RON KIND, Wisconsin MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana JAY INSLEE, Washington GREG WALDEN, Oregon GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania TOM UDALL, New Mexico ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina MARK UDALL, Colorado MIKE SIMPSON, Idaho JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey LLOYD A. JONES, Chief of Staff ELIZABETH MEGGINSON, Chief Counsel CHRISTINE KENNEDY, Chief Clerk/Administrator JOHN LAWRENCE, Democratic Staff Director (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:16 Apr 30, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 68012.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: HRESOUR1 C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held April 27, 2000 ................................................................................... 1 Statement of Members: Chenoweth-Hage, Hon. Helen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho ................................................................................................ 4 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 6 Doolittle, Hon. John T., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, Prepared statement of ........................................................... 2 Hastings, Hon. Doc, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington .................................................................................................... 8 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 11 Nethercutt, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington ............................................................................................... 14 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 16 Simpson, Hon. Michael K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho .......................................................................................................... 8 Statement of Witnesses: Anderson, Dr. Jim, Associate Professor, Columbia Basin Research, Uni- versity of Washington, Seattle, Washington ............................................... 84 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 86 Bogert, Michael, Counsel to Governor Kempthorne, Boise, Idaho ............... 113 Prepared Statement of .............................................................................. 116 Hagerty, Dean, Commissioner and President, Public Utility District of Grant County, Ephrata, Washington .......................................................... 132 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 134 Ilgenfritz, Ric, Columbia Basin Coordinator, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA .............................................................................................. 137 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 140 Johansen, Judith, Administrator, Bonneville Power Authority, Portland, Oregon ............................................................................................................ 49 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 51 Mantua, Dr. Nathan, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere & Oceans, University of Wash- ington, Seattle, Washington ......................................................................... 73 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 75 Minthorn, Antone, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Portland, Oregon .............................. 182 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 185 Mogren, Col. Eric, Deputy Commander, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon .............................................. 59 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 61 Morton, Hon. Bob, State Senator, Washington State Senate ....................... 21 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 25 Roby, Dr. Dan, Assistant Unit Leader, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Coopera- tive Unit, Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wild- life, Corvallis, Oregon ................................................................................... 125 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 128 Skinner, Michael K., Director, Center of Reproductive Biology, Wash- ington State University, Pullman, Washington ......................................... 169 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 172 Swartz, Don, Science and Policy Advisor, Northwest Sportfishing Indus- tries Association, Portland, Oregon ............................................................. 181 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:16 Apr 30, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 68012.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: HRESOUR1 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:16 Apr 30, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 68012.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: HRESOUR1 HYDROPOWER, RIVER MANAGEMENT, AND SALMON RECOVERY ISSUES ON THE CO- LUMBIA/SNAKE RIVER THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2000 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES, Pasco, Washington. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in the The- atre, Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Avenue, Pasco, Washington, Hon. Helen Chenoweth-Hage presiding. Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE. The hearing will come to order. Can you hear me back there? Is this microphone picking up our voices? It’s not. Well, we’ll have to wait. OK, I guess we’re ready. I want to thank all of you for joining us here today for this Congressional Hearing. Congressman, Don Young, the Chairman of the Resources Committee, has sent the en- tire Committee out, absent Don Young, but we are here today and there is a very, very important issue that we are going to be dis- cussing today. I do want to thank Congressman Hastings for inviting us into his District. As we traveled in last night I was just amazed at the beauty and productivity of this area, and it’s quite amazing the de- velopment that has occurred here and it’s quite beautiful and very, very productive. I also want to thank Congressman George Nethercutt for his joining us today. This issue is exceedingly important to these two gentlemen and they have been stellar in their leadership on mak- ing sure that we maintain the proper kind of control on our Snake River and our Columbia River. I am very, very happy to welcome my colleague from Idaho, Mike Simpson, who is a member of not only the Resources Committee but also the Water and Power Subcommittee and we join each other in sitting on that Committee. I think we all expected John Doolittle, who is the Chair of the Water and Power Subcommittee to be here today, but due to a death in the immediate family Con- gressman Doolittle is unable to join us today and we certainly ex- tend to him our condolences and our best wishes to Mr. Doolittle and his family. 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