Phase 2A – 2006-2010. Based on the Phase 1 research, consistent with the decision made pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) above, and in consultation pursuant to paragraph (c) below, the licensee shall implement the work and research as outlined below for further enhancements of the downstream fish passage facilities. Under Phase 2A the licensee shall: (i) continue to implement operational changes commenced in 2005 to enhance downstream passage of shortnose xxxxxxxx; (ii) construct and install an interim (and potentially long term) device by the end of 2006 that prevents entrainment and impingement at the Project based on modifications of the Xxxxxx Falls intake racks and installation of a new trash rake structure connected with the intake racks; (iii) prepare a functional design drawing of the selected option to modify the Bascule Gate to safely and successfully pass fish without injury or significant impairment to essential behavioral patterns and to solve interference of Bascule Gate discharge on the spillway fishway, then build a prototype and field test (if necessary) in 2006, with engineering/permitting in 2007 and construction in 2008; (iv) undertake additional research during the period 2006 to 2010 to ensure that the downstream passage facilities are effective for exclusion and safe and successful passage of fish over the dam; (v) design, engineer, and permit in 2008: (A) an alternative exclusion and (B) an alternative passage device in the vicinity of Rubber Dam Section No. 5 (if the modifications to the Xxxxxx Falls intake racks are determined not to be successful as a long-term exclusion device), to safely and successfully pass fish without injury or significant impairment to essential behavioral patterns, with construction of these facilities completed in 2009, and with the start of effectiveness testing of these facilities in 2010; and (vi) implement a long-term monitoring program for shortnose xxxxxxxx from 2011 to the end of the Project License. The specific schedule is as follows: 2006 • The licensee shall design, engineer, permit, build and complete the modifications to existing Xxxxxx Falls intake racks and installation of a new trash rake structure, as agreed to at the Decision Point 2005 above, as an exclusion device for downstream migrating fish including shortnose xxxxxxxx to prevent entrainment and impingement at the Xxxxxx Falls intakes. The modifications to the Xxxxxx Falls intake racks and the installation of the new trash rake shall be completed by the end ...
