Upper Columbia River

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Upper Columbia RiverLake Roosevelt
Watershed Natural ResourceTrustee Council
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Background

• Interim Natural Resource Trustee Council
  established August 2004
• MOU creating permanent Natural Resource Trustee
  Council May 2007
• USEPA and Teck Cominco notified July 2007
• Teck Cominco declined invitations to participate
  in NRD pre-assessment and assessment studies

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Who are we?

• Natural Resource Trustee Council members are
• Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
• Patti Bailey, Lead Administrative Trustee
• Spokane Tribe of Indians
• Randy Connolly, STI Superfund Coordinator
• United States Department of the Interior
• Dan Audet, National Park Service
• State of Washington
• Mike Hibbler, Department of Ecology

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Whats been done?

• NRD Data gaps analysis sessions (NRTC Technical
  Committee)
• Review and comments to USEPA on RI/FS Workplan
• Participate in and stay advised on various
  studies related to sturgeon recovery (USGS,
  USFWS, WDFW)

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Whats next?

• Conduct Preliminary Assessment Screen (PAS)
• Currently underway Being conducted by United
  States Fish Wildlife Service
• Final draft expected late-Summer
• Begin Natural Resource Damage Assessment
• Dependent on results of PAS