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Examples of Hydro Settlement
and Licensing Provisions Addressing NPS Concerns
Recreation:
- Access facilities
(e.g., boat ramps, portages, mobility
impaired access, improved shoreline fishing access, trails,
changing areas, sanitation improvements, parking)
- Flows
(e.g., whitewater releases, improved navigability, fishing
flows, release schedules, reduced opportunity for conflicts
between fishing and boating)
- Funds
(e.g., access fee agreements, recreation facility maintenance)
- Education
(e.g., recreational/historical brochures, interpretive displays)
Land Protection:
- Donation of
project lands and for conservation and public use
- Acquisition
of lands for conservation and public use
- Protection of culturally significant
sites including archaeological resources
Aquatic
Habitat:
- Increased minimum
flows
- Increased operational
flexibility
- Habitat restoration
funds
- Habitat improvements
for fish, mussels, and other aquatic life
- Remediation
of erosion
- Wetlands restoration
- Reduced winter
drawdown
- Reduced spring
impoundment fluctuation
- Replace flashboards
with inflatable rubber dam
Enhancement
Funds:
- Protection,
mitigation, enhancement funding
- Research and
monitoring
- Water quality
education
- Recreation facility
maintenance
Settlement Enforceability:
- Language to clarify alternative courses
of action if FERC doesn't accept key provisions of Offers
of Settlement or rejects agreement.
SOURCE: based on draft settlement agreements for Red Cedar River, WI (FERC
#2181, #2697) and Indian Pond, ME/NH (FERC #2142) and
the draft supplemental agreement for Potomac River Dams
4 and 5, MD/WV (FERC #2516, #2517).
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Last
Modified 04-10-06
