Operational Planning. The HCP will be implemented in three phases that provide for adjustments to ensure biological success. Under Phase I of the HCP, Chelan PUD began to implement juvenile and adult operating plans and criteria during the 2004 migration season. Following the completion of three years of juvenile survival studies, the HCP Coordinating Committee will determine whether the pertinent survival standard has been achieved for each Plan Species. If a standard has not been achieved for a particular Plan Species, Chelan PUD would proceed to Phase II, under which it has agreed to develop and implement additional measures to meet the pertinent survival standard. The HCP Coordinating Committee will decide on additional tools for Chelan PUD to implement in order to achieve the survival standard. The HCP Coordinating Committee will select additional tools based on the likelihood of biological success, implementation time, and cost-effectiveness (if alternatives are comparable in their biological effectiveness). Chelan PUD will continue to implement Phase II until the standards are met or until the Coordinating Committee determines the standards are impossible to achieve. If the survival standard is achieved at the end of Phase I or anytime during Phase II, Chelan PUD has agreed to maintain the survival standard for the term of the HCP. Chelan PUD proceeds to Phase III upon a determination by the HCP Coordinating Committee that it has verified compliance with the combined adult and juvenile survival or juvenile survival standard of 93 percent; or has evaluated juvenile Project survival between 91 and 93 percent; or has measured or calculated 95-percent juvenile dam passage survival. Phase III indicates that the appropriate standard has either been achieved or is likely to have been achieved and provides additional or periodic monitoring to ensure that the survival of the Plan Species remains in compliance with the survival standards for the term of the HCP.
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