Spilyqy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
December 8, 2005
FERC approves
PacifiCorp dam removal
PORTLAND (AP) -PacifiCorp
said Monday said
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission has approved plans
to remove a dam on the I lood
River.
FERC issued a "surrender or
der" that allows a licensed dam
operator to halt operations at a
hydroelectric facility.
The order approved for the
PacifiCorp Powcrdale hydro
project confirms a settlement
reached in 2003 to decommis
sion the dam in 2010.
The FERC approval was wel
comed Monday by Gov. Ted
Kulongoski, who signed the
settlement with the utility, state
and federal agencies, the Con
federated Tribes of the Warm
Springs, American Rivers and
the Hood River Watershed
Group.
The Democratic governor
said the order "will bring signifi
cant improvement to the I lood
River watershed and will bring
real benefits to migratory
salmon and steclhead."
Ron Suppah, chairman of the
Warm Springs Tribal Council
also praised the settlement and
the FERC action.
"The agreement to remove
the project, protect hatchery
operations and improve fish
habitat, while at the same time
mitigating impacts on
PacifiCorp 's customers, is a fair
solution for all involved,"
Suppah said.
The Powcrdale dam produces
six megawatts just fraction
of PacifiCorp's total generating
capacity of 8,400 megawatts.
In 2010, PacifiCorp will be
gin to remove the Powerdalc
diversion dam, which is located
on I lood River approximately
4.5 miles upstream of the Co
lumbia River.
PacifiCorp, based in Pordand,
serves 1.6 million customers in
six western states as Pacific
Power and Utah Power.
Experts say bird flu not an
'imminent threat' to Oregon
(AP) - The deadly strain of
bird flu that appeared in Asia
and has already spread to other
parts of the world docs not pose
an imminent threat to the Or
egon poultry industry or con
sumers, according to Oregon
State University researchers.
There are many strains of
avian influenza - bird flu - that
do not usually infect humans.
But one strain, called H5N1, has
been transmitted from chickens
to humans and is blamed for
; more than 60 deaths caused by
respiratory infections, mosdy in
j Asia.
! International disease control
experts are concerned about a
bird flu pandemic, or a world
wide outbreak of the disease,
raising concerns such as whether
it is safe to eat poultry.
But Oregon State University
researchers say there is no evi
dence that the virus can be
transmitted to humans by eat
ing cooked poultry products.
"Consumers needn't be
overly concerned about bird
flu," said Jim Hermes, OSU
Extension Service poultry spe
cialist. But he urged consumers to
follow standard food safety
practices in preparing poultry -including
washing hands while
preparing food, proper cleaning
of cutting boards, avoiding
cross-contamination of un
cooked poultry juices with other
food items, and proper cooking
of poultry meat and eggs.
The poultry industry in Or
egon is well-prepared to respond
to bird flu if it is identified in
the state, 1 lermes said.
"Recent disease issues have
helped the industry plan careful
safeguards that can be put into
effect quickly," Hermes said.
He noted that a 2003 out
break of another deadly bird
virus called "exotic Newcastle
disease" caused much damage
to commercial poultry opera
tions in California but did not
get into Oregon because of fed
eral and industry safeguards.
The 583 million Oregon
poultry industry has strict sani
tation procedures for employ
ees who work direcdy with poul
try, Hermes said.
He also noted that poultry
producers have had to deal with
outbreaks of various strains of
avian influenza for years, mostly
without any risk to humans.
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There will be a workshop in
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