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Article: Ongoing operation of licensed dam doesn't trigger review, court rules.(endangered species)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does not have to consider impacts of previously licensed Butte County dams on threatened Chinook salmon, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
The court rejected the argument that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) Company's ongoing operation of the DeSabla-Centerville hydroelectric project under a license granted by the federal agency in 1980 constituted "agency action" that would trigger review of the project's impact on the protected fish.
The DeSabla-Centerville project consists of a system of dams, reservoirs, canals and powerhouses on Butte Creek. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ...