columbia river basin fish and wildlife program annual ...

General1, INTRODUCTIONThe Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (Program) was developed bythe Northwest Power Planning Council (Council> in accordance with PublicLaw 96-501, the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act(Act>. The purpose of the Program is to guide the Bonneville PowerAdministration (BPA> and other Federal agencies in carrying out theirresponsibilities to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife of theColumbia River Basin. The Act explicitly gives BPA the authority andresponsibility to use the BPA fund for these ends, to the extent that fish andwildlife are affected by the development and operation of hydroelectricgeneration in the Columbia River Basin. The Columbia River Basin Fish andWildlife Program Annual Implementation Work Plan (AIWP) presents BPA's draftplans for implementing the Program during Fiscal Year (FY) 1991.The AIWP reflects the primary goals of the Council's Action Plan (Section 140(of the Program>: to provide a solid, timely, and focused basis for budgetingand planning. In addition, the AIWP provides a means to judge the progressand the success of Program implementation. The AIWP is based on the outlinedeveloped by the Policy Review Group (PRG) during Step 1 of the annual cycleof the Implementation Planning Process (IPP>, which is described in SectionIII.This AIWP has been organized and written to meet the specific needs of ProgramAction Items 10.1-10.3. The AIWP includes schedules with key milestones forFY 1991 and beyond, and addresses the Action Items assigned to BPA in Section1400 of the 1987 Program and in subsequent amendments.All Program projects discussed in the AIWP are listed in Tables 1 and 2according to their status as of September 1, 1990. Table 1 (pp. 3-14) listscompleted, ongoing, and deferred projects. Table 2 (pp. 15-17) lists FY 1991new-start projects. "Ongoing" status indicates that the project started in FY1990 or before and that it is expected to continue through part or all of FY1991. "Deferred" means that BPA implementation has been postponed to FY 1992or later. "Completed" indicates completion during FY 1990. "New" denotesprojects planned for BPA implementation in FY 1991. However, several of thesenew projects were still under review by the Policy Review Group as the FY 1991AIWP went to press. The new projects still under review have been noted inTable 2 and in the text of the AIWP.A number of projects are expected to begin in late FY 1990 and have beenlisted in Table 1 of the Draft AIWP as "Projected FY '90 Starts," based ontheir projected start dates. Several other projects are expected to end inlate FY 1990. These projects have been listed in Table 1 as "Projected FY '90Completions," based on their projected completion dates.Section VIII describes BPA's non-Program, internal support projects. Theseprojects were not subject to review by the PRG and have been included in theAIWP to help the PRG and the public to better understand what BPA is doing.1