FY 2000 proposal 198802200
Contents
Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary
Reviews and Recommendations
Additional documents
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| 198802200 Narrative | Narrative |
| 198802200 Sponsor Response to the ISRP | Response |
Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Umatilla River Fish Passage Operations |
| Proposal ID | 198802200 |
| Organization | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator | |
| Name | Gary A. James |
| Mailing address | P.O. Box 638 Pendleton, OR 97801 |
| Phone / email | 5412764109 / [email protected] |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 2000 |
| Province / Subbasin | Columbia Plateau / Umatilla |
| Short description | Increase survival of migrating juvenile and adult salmon and summer steelhead in the Umatilla Basin by operating passage facilities, flow enhancement measures, trap facilities, and transport equipment to provide adequate passage conditions. |
| Target species | Coho, Fall Chinook, Spring Chinook, Summer Steelhead |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
|---|
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Sponsor-reported:
| RPA |
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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
| Year | Accomplishment |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Adult and Juvenile Trapping and Transportation |
| 1991 | Operation of Juvenile Bypasses and Adult Ladders |
| 1993 | Coordination of Umatilla Basin Project |
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8403300 | Umatilla Hatchery O & M | Provide adequate passage for juveniles released and collect broodstock for hatchery production |
| 8343500 | Umatilla Hatchery Satellite Facilities O & M | Provide adequate passage for juveniles released and collect broodstock for hatchery production |
| 9000501 | Umatilla Basin Natural Production M & E | Provide passage for adults and juveniles to and from natural production areas and collect data on returning adults |
| 8902401 | Umatilla River/WEID Screens M & E | Operate Umatilla passage facilities and provide migration information |
| 9000500 | Umatilla Hatchery M & E | Operate adult trapping facilities and collect data on returning adults |
| 8802200 | Umatilla River Fish Passage Operations (Subject Proposal) | |
| 8902700 | Power Repay Umatilla Basin Project (Submitted separately) | |
| 8343600 | Umatilla Passage Facilities O & M (Submitted separately) | |
| Umatilla River Tributary Fish Passage |
Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 2000 cost |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | $119,000 | |
| Fringe | $35,600 | |
| Supplies | $6,500 | |
| Operating | $6,500 | |
| Travel | $16,000 | |
| Indirect | $62,200 | |
| Subcontractor | $133,200 | |
| $379,000 | ||
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 2000 cost | $379,000 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 2000 budget request | $379,000 |
| FY 2000 forecast from 1999 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
|---|
Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: Funding of projects 8902700 and 8343600 listed in Section 3 under Umbrella proposals significantly enhances and compliments the effectiveness of this project.
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Comment:
Recommendation: Delay funding until a thorough evaluation of success to date is completed. This project should be evaluated together with projects 8343600 and 8902700.Comments: The project's objective is to increase survival in a trap and haul operation. Yet, the proposal states that the project is not responsible for evaluating survival rates. It is true that another project exists to measure survival rates (8902401), but this points again to our programmatic comment that there is a need for evaluation at a higher level than individual projects—at the umbrella level. An example of the kind of disconnect that is liable to occur without the higher level evaluation is illustrated in this proposal's report of the numbers of fish transported. The proposal says that from 3,800 to 6,300 adults have been trapped at Three Mile Dam each year over the last 12 years. Of these, 400 to 3,800 have been hauled upstream and 135 to 1,100 have been hauled for brood stock to the hatchery (proposal p. 10). The reviewer naturally wonders what became of the rest of the fish. There are at a minimum 1,400 fish unaccounted for. The success of this project is evaluated on the basis of whether passage facilities meet established engineering requirements. This is certainly not an adequate measure for biological effectiveness. (See our previous comments on the Umatilla Umbrella.)
Comment:
Comment:
Technical Criteria 1: Met? yes -Programmatic Criteria 2: Met? -
Milestone Criteria 3: Met? no - Objectives are too general, need to be more clearly defined.
Resource Criteria 4: Met? yes -
Comment:
Hold to last year's costs. Potential duplicative efforts were reduced and/or coordination was improved. Costs reduced as a result of improved efficiencies. Unclear objectives were more clearly defined.Comment:
Fund existing operations. See programmatic recommendation for Umatilla and Walla Walla under project 8903500. The response agreed there should be a programmatic review of this project, along with projects 8343600 and 8902700. We believe it needs to be reviewed in a larger context than these three, including the 11 projects we listed under 8903500, Umatilla Hatchery Operation and Maintenance. The response observed that there have been several "evaluations" as part of program planning. This response fails to recognize the particular responsibility of the ISRP to carry out a review with specific criteria identified by congress. This project is tied to the others we listed in the Umatilla Program by the fact that a primary problem is a lack of water in the river.Comment:
Comment:
[Decision made in 11-3-99 Council Meeting]; Address ISRP comments in BPA contractNW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review
expense
May 2005
| FY05 NPCC start of year: | FY06 NPCC staff preliminary: | FY06 NPCC July draft start of year: |
| $362,164 | $362,164 | $362,164 |
Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website