BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION AND STATES

OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION OF POWERS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION AND STATES OF THE

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

13-410 O

Held at Helena, Montana

AUGUST 31, 1982

Serial No. J-97-148

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1983

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama

MAX BAUCUS, Montana
HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

JAMES MCCLELLAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
KEN KAY, Minority Chief Counsel

CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER

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Baucus, Senator Max-----

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Colbo, Keith, Montana representative, Northwest Power Planning Council

Johnson, Peter T., Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, ac-

companied by Omar Halvorson, Assistant General Counsel; Jerry Frick,

Project Manager and Engineering Manager; and Walter Pollock, Assist-

ant Power Manager---

Berry, Leo, director, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation,

State of Montana, Helena_-_.

McElwain, Joseph A., board chairman and chief executive officer, Montana

Power Co.‒‒‒‒

Bollinger, Gordon, chairman, Montana Public Service Commission___

Kelley, Toni, rancher, board member, Northern Plains Resource Council__

Deschamps, Robert L. "Dusty" III, attorney, Missoula County--.

Lindberg, Mike, commissioner, Portland, Ore--.

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Anderson, Wilbur L., manager, Vigilante Electric Cooperative, Dillon,

Mont

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Mason, Gary, general manager, Ravalli County Electric Cooperative, Cor-

vallis, Mont_.

Lacey, Richard H., chairman, Upper Clark Fork Valley Protective Asso-

ciation, Drummond, Mont..........

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Smith, Paul B., attorney, representing North Boulder Protective Asso-

ciation

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Furby, Adele, chairman, Granite County Alliance_.

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Tavenner, Lee, assistant chairman, Granite County Alliance__

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Barrett, Philip M., member, Clark Fork Protective Association and North-

ern Plains Resource Council____.

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Reis, Mark M., director, Northwest Conservation Act Coalition_.

Argenbright, Ed, superintendent of public instruction, Montana--

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Mayes, Jim, representative, International Union of Operating Engineers__

Edelman, William H., board director, Northwest Small Hydroelectric

Association

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Beam, Bob, candidate, Montana House of Representatives---

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Motl, Jonathan, attorney, Montana Common Cause, representing Rose Mag-

nuson, representative, Common Cause Northwest Energy Task Force---

Lewin, Stuart, resort owner-operator, Boulder, Mont__

Williams, Carter, attorney, Great Falls, Mont---

Berry, Leo:

Testimony

Prepared statement....

Memorandum: Agreement between State of Montana and Bonne-

ville Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy-

ments

Exhibit A: Model Plan, Federal/State involvement process--

Exhibit B: General provisions-intergovernmental agree-

Agreement between Montana Department of Health & Environmental

Sciences, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conserva-

tion and Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy

Letter, from Robert J. Labrie, senior vice president, Montana Power

Co., to Marvin Klinger, Assistant Administrator for Engineering and

Construction, Bonneville Power Administration, March 10, 1982_.

Attachment A: Estimated costs of delay for Colstrip Unit #3--

Order granting exemption from licensing of a small hydroelectric

project of 5 MW or less and denying competing applications for pre-

liminary permit____

Notice of application for exemption for small hydroelectric power proj-

ect under 5 MW capacity, with map_-.

Attachment E-2 form: Section 4.106 Standard terms and conditions

of exemption from licensing___.

Letters from:

Daniel J. Evans, chairman, Northwest Power Planning Council, to

Michael Butler, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Com-

mission, April 7, 1982_-_

Larry G. Peterman, water resources supervisor, Department of

Fish and Game, State of Montana, to Kenneth F. Plumb, Secre-

tary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, May 12, 1982___

Robert F. Stewart, Regional Environmental Officer, U.S. Depart-

ment of Interior, to Kenneth F. Plumb, Secretary, Federal En-

ergy Regulatory Commission, May 20, 1982----

Robert F. Stewart, Regional Environmental Officer, U.S. Depart-

ment of Interior, to Kenneth F. Plumb, Secretary, Federal En-

ergy Regulatory Commission, June 22, 1982--

Gary Fritz, administrator, Montana Water Resources Division, to

Kenneth F. Plumb, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Com-

mission, June 24, 1982.

Exhibit 1: Affidavit, July 30, 1982--

John G. Wood, Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, De-
partment of Interior, to Leo Berry, director, Montana Depart-

ment of Natural Resources and Conservation, August 3, 1982--
Bollinger, Gordon:

Testimony

Letter, from Thomas J. Schneider, commissioner, Public Service Com-

mission, Montana, to Senator Max Baucus, October 18, 1982------

Letters from-

Colbo, Keith:

Testimony

Mr. Zauft to Mr. Schneider, October 2, 1982, with enclosure__

Mr. Schneider to Richard D. Zauft, Kalispell, Mont., Octo-

ber 7, 1982____

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