ML13253A237

E-mail to R. Krieg, Pnl to D. Logan, NRR CGS Ba/Efh

ML13253A237
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Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	01/04/2011
From:	Krieg R Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
To:	Doyle D I Division of Policy and Rulemaking
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FOIA/PA-2013-0265
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qCraver, PattiFrom: Krieg, Rebekah <rebekah.krieg@pnl.gov>

Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:49 AMTo: Logan, Dennis

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RE: CGS BA/EFHI wanted to update you on the status of the CGS BA/EFH. I am trying to put a new version out on the Bellefonte site incase you wanted to check to make sure some progress was being made, but we seem to be having uploadproblems.

We were having the same problem last week and it turned out it was the PNNL Collaborations group ratherthan the EARRTH site. So I suspect that this is what is going on now too. But I'm having someone check that out now -Ishould be able to get it on the site later today, and if not we can look at other options.I pretty much have all the info in the document that I think I need -but I am currently

• Making another pass through the document to make sure the story flows -especially i regards totemperatures and velocities of water that the various stages of the various races of the various species ofsalmonids can tolerate (you get the picture...it's complicated).

• Checking reference holes since some of my initial references are high- level (ex. Wydosli and Whitney-

"InlandFishes of Washington"

) and I'm trying to get as much "region-specific" info as I can (technical reports/journal articles) because there are variations in behavior based on region of their range, habitat etc. (you will see Ihave notes to myself in the margins related to the references).

• Filling in the reference list.* Completing the ESA conclusions.

• Filing in the blanks on the EFH analysis (based on what we had in an earlier draft of the EIS, while waiting onthe draft from the editors).

• Nailing down numbers on some of the runs -specifically the spring/summer Chinook and the coho. I think Ihave the fall Chinook, bull trout and steelhead fairly good, although I need to update the numbers on thesteelhead counts if possible.

• Nailing down the figures/graphics

• Fix section/figure/table numbers* Removing the passive voiceOther things I think we need to do* I'd like to run the sections by a few of my peers that have more experience on the specific species to make surethat I haven't missed something

-or worse yet, misrepresented something

• We need to decide if I've gone overboard on the details.

Right now it is about 40 pages long and your examplesof EFHs (link you sent yesterday) were much shorter (although granted my EFH section is shorter than my LifeHistory sections).

And the life history example of salmonids in Appendix A of Amendment 14 (Chapter 2 EFHdescriptions) of the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan is really long. http://www.pcouncil.ore/salmon/fishery-ma nagement-pla n/adopteda pproved-amendments/amendment-14-to-the-pacific-coast tsalmon-plan-1997/

• I think it would be worthwhile for the two of us to call Rich Domingue (if we can) and the FWS contact, whosename is eluding me at the moment, to talk through the EFH sections/BA sections to make sure that we are onthe same track they think we should be on. Amanda said this type of interaction has been very helpful in thepast on other EISs. I've not had this type of conversation with the resource agencies at this stage before, but Ithink it would be particularly helpful in this case -especially with NMFS and especially with the coho.What do you think? Have you ever had that extra step in the development of a BA?-BeckyI From: Logan, Dennis [1]

Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:42 PMTo: Krieg, Rebekah

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RE: CGS BA/EFHThanx-got it.From: Krieg, Rebekah Dpnl.gov

Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:39 PMTo: Logan, Dennis

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CGS BA/EFHDennis -I placed the draft BA/EFH here -http://earrth.pnl.gov/Site%20Documents/COL%2OSites/Bellefonte/26%/20BAs/BA-EFH%20CGS.docx You can click on the link or you can navigate to ESP/COL sites -> Bellefonte

-> COL Docs -> 26 BA. I will probably only keep it here fora few days and then remove it.This is an early draft. When you get back from vacation I should be all done. As always if you have suggithink I'm off track, be sure to let me know.I amenjoying writing this more than I have almost any other document I've worked on in the last few yeamost of the subjects live in my backyard (so to speak).Beckyýstions or guidance or yours. Maybe it is because2