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Calif.
Ocean
Protection Council to hear Klamath settlement talks
By
Michelle Ma
Triplicate
staff writer
California
Ocean Protection Council members will be in
Council
members will take a boat tour along the
At
Thursday's meeting, the Ocean Protection Council—whose members include
Lt. Gov. John Garamendi and Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman—will
hear its first full presentation on the progress of the Klamath River
settlement negotiations since they began about three years ago.
Twenty-six
parties are taking part in these discussions, including representatives
from state and federal agencies, counties, tribes, environmental groups,
commercial fishing and the agricultural community, said Greg Hurner,
senior adviser to the director of the Department of Fish and Game.
Hurner is acting as the lead negotiator for the Administration on the
Klamath settlement.
"I
hope to provide a little perspective to the council members on where
things have been historically, the progress of the group so far and the
timing of when we're hoping to reach a resolution," Hurner said.
These
negotiations are taking place as the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission considers relicensing PacifiCorp's dams on the Klamath River
to operate for another 30 to 50 years.
Hurner
said he is bound by the confidentiality agreement on settlement talks
and can't go into details about the negotiations at Thursday's public
meeting. But he hopes to emphasize the group's hard work and
collaboration.
Negotiation
parties have met at least four days every month, with many conference
calls and smaller group meetings in between, Hurner said.
As the
process moves along, they have been meeting for three or four days
almost every other week.
"The
group is working really hard right now and trying to work out the last
remaining difficult issues," he said.
The
council also will discuss at Thursday's meeting a possible commitment of
$7.5 million to mapping
Reach
Michelle Ma at mma@triplicate.com.
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