California Tribe Blasts Klamath Dam Demolition Deal

 

The parties to a November Agreement in Principle to demolish four PacifiCorp dams on the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California met last week in Sacramento in hopes of advancing the tentative deal.

 

In essence, PacifiCorp has agreed under heavy pressure from environmentalists, tribes and government agencies to remove the dams. Some California enviro groups like the agreement; some industrial customers and irrigation groups worry about the rate impact of eliminating low-cost hydro.

 

Still other groups, such as OregonWild and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, don't like the tentative deal because they say it fails to address water quality issues between now and 2020, when dam removal first might happen.

 

PacifiCorp says it is simply looking for the most efficient solution to a complicated multi-party brawl.

 

But here's a letter (PDF) the Hoopa Valley tribe submitted recently to California regulators expressing its concerns.

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