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Clock ticking on Klamath dam deal signing

Posted by: Maven on December 15, 2009 at 8:01 am

From the Eureka Times-Standard:

“The deadline to sign the agreements to tear out the Klamath River’s four main dams is only a month away. A few groups are still holding out and one has announced outright opposition.

The two draft agreements were released in September, the result of months of negotiations by 28 parties over the fate of the four dams owned by Portland, Ore-based Pacificorp. Since then, a number of the parties, including Humboldt County and three of four Klamath River tribes, have voted to endorse the agreement, along with a parallel $1 billion deal to restore habitat for fish and shore up water for farms.

Both the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Northcoast Environmental Center have voiced concerns about the agreement, and on Monday the NEC announced it was bailing out.

The hydropower deal has too many preconditions and opportunities for parties to pull out, the NEC said in a statement.

”Nothing in the deal places a limit on the number of annual license renewals Pacificorp can obtain without obtaining clean water certification,” said NEC Klamath Campaign Coordinator Jay Wright. … “

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December 15, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California

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