Hatchery Production Continuity. PacifiCorp will fund a study to evaluate hatchery production options that do not rely on the current Iron Gate Hatchery water supply. The study will assess groundwater and surface water supply options and water reuse technologies that could support hatchery production in the absence of Iron Gate Dam. The study may include examination of local well records and increasing production potential at existing or new facilities in the Klamath Basin as well as development of a test well or groundwater supply well. Based on the study results and with the approval of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Marine Fisheries Service, PacifiCorp will provide one-time funding to construct and implement the measures identified as necessary to continue to meet current mitigation production objectives for a period of eight years following the Decommissioning of Iron Gate Dam. PacifiCorp’s eight- year funding obligation assumes that Facilities Removal will occur within one year of cessation of power generation at Iron Gate Dam. If dam removal occurs after one year of cessation of power generation at Iron Gate Dam, then the Parties will Meet and Confer to determine appropriate hatchery funding beyond the eight years. Production facilities capable of meeting current hatchery mitigation goals must be in place and operational upon removal of Iron Gate Dam. PacifiCorp shall not be responsible for funding hatchery programs, if any, necessary to reintroduce anadromous fish in the Klamath basin.
Hatchery Production Continuity. PacifiCorp has begun the study to evaluate hatchery production options that do not rely on the current Iron Gate Hatchery water supply. PacifiCorp engineering and environmental staff are researching available water supply options in the area and historic records on hatchery water supply options considered at the time Iron Gate Hatchery was constructed. PacifiCorp has developed some preliminary alternatives for continued hatchery operations that should be evaluated with further engineering and economic study and is evaluating past work conducted during the relicensing process that evaluated hatchery operations. PacifiCorp anticipates hiring an engineering consultant to assist with further study and intends to have this consultant engaged in the near future when the outlines of the engineering study requirements are completed. Interim Measure No. 20 – Hatchery Funding After Removal of Iron Gate Dam No implementation actions have occurred for this interim measure given that this requirement begins only following potential removal of Iron Gate dam.
Hatchery Production Continuity. PacifiCorp will fund a study to evaluate hatchery production options that do not rely on the current Iron Gate Hatchery water supply. The study will assess groundwater and surface water supply options and water reuse technologies that could support hatchery production in the absence of Iron Gate Dam. The study may include examination of local well records and increasing production potential at existing or new facilities in the basin as well as development of a test well or groundwater supply well. Based on the study results, PacifiCorp will provide one-time funding to construct and implement the measures identified as necessary to continue to meet current mitigation production objectives for a period of 8 years following the removal of Iron Gate Dam. Production facilities capable of meeting current hatchery mitigation goals must be in place and operational upon removal of Iron Gate Dam.
