These documents form the basis for Tacoma Power's operation of the Cowlitz River Project:

• Original License Order
• Order Denying Rehearing and Lifting Stay
• Order Incorporating Biological Opinion
• Biological Opinion by the National Marine Fisheries Service

Studies, Plans and Reports

Downstream Collection studies and reports

• Cowlitz Falls Behavioral Guidance Evaluation 2010

As Tacoma Power operates the project, the utility submits studies, plans and reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which reviews and approves each.

Plans and Reports submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Juvenile Tagging & Monitoring Report (Article 4)
• Use of IHA/RVA and other methodologies to evaluate flows on the Cowlitz

Plans approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Downstream Fish Passage plans and reports

• Downstream Fish Passage: Riffe Lake and Cowlitz Falls Collection and Passage - Study Plan (Article 1)
• Status Report on Plan for 2010 Fish Collection Improvement Measures and Timeline for Preparing the Final Plan (Article 1) 
• Downstream Fish Passage: Mayfield - Study Results (Article 2)
• Mayfield Dam Downstream Fish Passage Improvement Plan (Article 2b)

Upstream Fish Passage plans and reports

• Upstream Fish Passage: Barrier, Mayfield, and Mossyrock - Report Results (Article 3)  
• Upstream Fish Passage Study Annual Report (Article 3)
• Trap and Haul Plan (Article 413) and Final Fish Passage Plan Report (Article 415)

Fisheries, Hatchery and Monitoring plans and reports

• Fisheries and Hatchery Management Plan (Article 6)
• Fisheries and Hatchery Management Plan Annual Report (Article 6)
• Hatchery Complex Remodel and Phase-in Plan (Article 7)
• Disease Management Plan (Article 8)
• Fish Monitoring Plan (Article 15)

Habitat, Lands and Fund plans and reports

• Large Woody Debris Plan (Article 9)
• Large Woody Debris - Best Management Practices (Article 417)
• Gravel Augmentation Plan (Article 10)
• Gravel Augmentation - Best Management Practices (Article 417)
• Fish Habitat Fund Allocation Plan (Article 11)
• Wildlife Wetland Acquisition Fund Coordination Report (Article 12)
• Consolidation of Land Ownership with USFS (Article 22)
• Side Channel Monitoring Plan (Article 409)
• Side Channel Monitoring Annual Report

Water quality plans and reports

• Annual Monitoring Report (Article 402) (posted July 24, 2009)
  
• Article 410 - Water Quality Monitoring Plan
• Turbidity Monitoring Addendum
• Final Water Quality Report (Article 410)
  

Recreation plans and reports

• Recreation Facilities Plan (Article 17)
• Recreation, Operation, Maintenance, and Safety Plans (Article 18)
• Water Access Facilities Plan (Article 19)

Hydropower Compliance and Public Information plans

• Hydropower Compliance Management Plan Annual Report (Article 501)
• Public Information Management Plan (Article 405)

You can download any of these documents and more at the FERC web site by following these steps:

• Under the Document & Filings tab, select eLibrary
• Select General Search
• Enter docket number P-2016 and any other desired search criteria
• Select Issuance if you are searching for a FERC Approval Order, which FERC issues for each plan
• Click Submit

For more information, or to submit questions or comments, send us an e-mail at cowlitz@cityoftacoma.org.