Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the granting of a license for the development of dams or other works for the storage of water, or for the development of power, on the Columbia River or its tributaries until the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has developed and adopted, in consultation with the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council, detailed procedures for: (1) prior consolidated reviews of individual proposals in a given river basin; (2) prior assessment of cumulative impacts of individual projects in a given river basin; and (3) a timetable for implementation of the Council's Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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