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

ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO.
'34 N. FRANKLIN STREET t
JUNEAU,
ALASKA 111180'
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April 25, 1985
Mr. Waine E. Oien, Area Supervisor
Division of Ecological Services
u.s. Fish and Wildlife Services
Post Office Box 1287
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Dear Mr. Oien:
On April 5, 1985 members of my staff and I met with Richard
D. Reed, Regional Habitat Protection Supervisor, ADFG, to review
our proposed minimum instream flow recommendation for our Salmon
Creek Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2307). Negotiations aimed
at establishing a minimum flow are in the final stages as part of
our application to the Department of Natural Resources for an
amended water right. We have been coordinating these
negotiations with you because the Salmon Creek Project is due
for relicensing under the Federal Power Act and the Fish and
Wildlife Service will be one of the reviewers of the relicensing
application.
Subsequent to our April 5 meeting with ADFG, Dr. David
Hoopes, our fisheries consultant, met informally with you and
members of your staff and Tamra Faris of NMFS to describe the
status of the instream flow negotiations between AELP and ADFG.
At that time both you and Ms. Faris requested that you receive
copies of synthetic flow data describing the hydraulic regime of
Salmon Creek. Prints of this data accompany this letter along
with a set of meeting notes describing our April 5 discussions
with ADFG. Following our meeting with FWS and NMFS, we have been
advised that ADFG has agreed to our minimum flow proposal.
If either you or your staff have any questions regarding the
meeting notes, agreement or data accompanying this letter, please
give Dr. Hoopes a call at (206) 622-5000.
Very truly yours,
William A. Corbus
Manager
Copy to: Richard Reed, ADFG
Enclosures