Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Idaho Power

Idaho Power CompanyResponses to CommentsRESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-152IPC is unsure of what the question is. The page referenced in the comment does not have adiscussion of protecting natural resources. It is discussing what impact may occur to whitesturgeon based on water conditions above and within the HCC.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-153This comment is simply the tribes’ general characterizations of information in the DLA; noresponse is required.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-154Comment noted.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-155Improvements to dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in Brownlee Reservoir would benefit not onlysalmonids but all aquatic life. However, substantial improvement is dependant upon fullimplementation of the draft Snake River–Hells Canyon TMDL, which would address upstreamwater quality conditions and inflowing conditions into the reservoir.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-156This comment is consistent and supportive of statements in the DLA.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-157The conclusion that water temperatures are not the result of controllable anthropogenic activitieswas a conclusion of the draft Snake River–Hells Canyon TMDL. IPC believes that, at this time,neither the impact of anthropogenic sources nor the feasibility of changing water temperatureshas been adequately evaluated.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-158Comment noted.RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-159This comment inaccurately summarized what is written in the DLA, section E.3.1.4.3.2. Acorrect summary would be that “warmwater game fish are not affected by warm summertemperatures associated with the Snake River basin.”RESPONSE TO COMMENT SBT1-160Comment noted.Hells Canyon Complex Page 71