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4.14.14.14.1 TEMPORARY JOHN DAY ACCLIMATION FACILITY(Upon Council Approval, Complete Construction by Spring 1988)703(f)(Z)(B) Upon the Council's approval of the plan, Bonneville shall funddesign, construction, and evaluation of the temporary facilities.ACTION ITEM ACTIVITY SUMMARY:Objectives:To build and test the effectiveness of acclimation ponds for upriverbright fall chinook salmon from John Day Mitigation Facilities.Background and Progress to Date:Plans:Acclimation facilities reduce the transportation stress of upriverbright fall chinook transported from John Day Mitigation facilitiesfor release above John Day Dam.During the first 2 years of the Fish and Wildlife Program,disagreements among affected parties over the location of theacclimation ponds made it difficult for BPA to implement thisMeasure. When the Council amended the Program in 1984, it providedfor: (1) an agency and Tribal plan to be approved before anyconstruction; and (2) an evaluation of temporary acclimation ponds.In FY 1986, BPA initiated a site survey of 10 candidate acclimationfacility sites (Project 86-82) to assist the agencies and Tribes indeveloping their plan. The joint agency-Tribal work group and theCouncil have been provided the completion report for the site studycompleted under Project 86-82. They will select the final site(s) tobe used for acclimation.BPA plans to fund the design, construction, and evaluation of theJohn Day Temporary Acclimation ponds, once the Fish and Wildlifeagencies and Tribes have developed the acclimation pond plan and theplan has been approved by the Council. BPA removed Project 89-16,Temporary John Day Acclimation Facility, from the FY 1990 AIWP andhas not included it in the FY 1991 AIWP. BPA will continue to fundProject 83-313 through completion.87