Before the FERC Application for New License for the Annex Creek ...

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Attachment B provides a brief chronology of the project since issuance
of the FERC license in 1963. As can be readily seen, since the license
was transferred to AELP, AELP has maintained responsible stewardship of the
project, rehabilitating the Salmon Creek facilities and cooperating with local
authorities to facilitate other uses to the extent that hydropower operation
is not impaired by such use.
Resource Management
The Project is classified as a major project/existing dam. The
application for new license, which AELP is required to file three years before
its existing license expires, must include an assessment of the existing
environment and impacts of the proposed relicensing at the level of detail
specified in Section 4.51 of 18 CFR.
Issues that have been identified and discussed in previous agency
consultation during licensing and amendment proceedings include fish and wildlife/water
rights, cultural resource preservation, and recreation. Establishment
of a minimum flow in Salmon Creek for protection of fish and wildlife is
currently underway as part of the related water rights amendment proceeding;
it is anticipated that agreement will be reached prior to the completion of
the application for new license. Existing lice'nse articles (Attachment C)
provide for protection of these aspects of the environment.
Please let us know if you have any other concerns and feel that
there are other issues that should be addressed in the license application.
Following the January 17 meeting, additional information will be sent to agencies
with jurisdiction over resources and identified issues.
Primary contacts for this project are David Stone (AELP, 907/586-
2222) and Nan Nalder (R. W. Beck and Associates, Inc., 206/622-5000). Specific
issues will be addressed by specialists on the R. W. Beck staff, who will
be contacting agencies directly: David Hoopes (fish and wildlife, water
rights), Jim Rutherford (engineering), and Sylvia Burges (license application).