Abstract: . . .  have. The revised study plan filed by MHC includes a study of protected plants and wetlands with the proposed project area. The plan consists of collecting data on the presence or absence of northern monkshood, a federally listed threatened species, and northern wood-reed, a state listed endangered species, and determine the presence of preferred habitat conditions of these species within the study area. The plan also consists . . .
. . .  process in part because MHC has acknowledged the future possibility of selling its interests in the dam to facilitate its removal. In addition, many stakeholders have expressed concern that the issuance of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, Commission) license for the Metro Project would prevent future removal of the project dam for the term of the license. We are not requiring that MHC conduct a dam removal feasibility . . .
. . .  in part because MHC has acknowledged the future possibility of selling its interests in the dam to facilitate its removal. In addition, many stakeholders have expressed concern that the issuance of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, Commission) license for the Metro Project would prevent future removal of the project dam for the term of the license. We are not requiring that MHC conduct a dam removal feasibility study. . . .
. . .  wetland study plan, relative to the comments provided by Metro Parks, and do not find a need for MHC to conduct a full ecological inventory of the Gorge and Cascade Valley Metro Parks. This request does not meet the Commission’s study request criteria that requires there to be nexus between project operation and effects (direct, indirect, and/or cumulative) on the resource to be studied. The geological scope of the Metro Park’s . . .
. . .  south bank at the base of the Ohio Edison Dam in the study area for the recreational boating component of the recreation study 20060309-3040 Issued by FERC OSEC 03/09/2006 in Docket#: P-12484-001 Page 16 Metro Project Project No. 12484-001 i APPENDIX B Approved Studies • Aesthetic (Visual, Noise, Odors) Impact Study • Recreation and Socioeconomic Study - Park User Survey - Recreational Boating Study - Socioeconomic Study • Protected . . .
. . .  at the base of the Ohio Edison Dam in the study area for the recreational boating component of the recreation study 20060309-3040 Issued by FERC OSEC 03/09/2006 in Docket#: P-12484-001 Page 16 Metro Project Project No. 12484-001 i APPENDIX B Approved Studies • Aesthetic (Visual, Noise, Odors) Impact Study • Recreation and Socioeconomic Study - Park User Survey - Recreational Boating Study - Socioeconomic Study • Protected Plant . . .
. . .  • Aquatic Life/Use Attainment and Minimum Flow Study - Minimum Flow Study - Water Quality Study - Aquatic Habitat/Biota Study • CSO Impact Evaluation Work 20060309-3040 Issued by FERC OSEC 03/09/2006 in Docket#: P-12484-001  . . .
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