New U.S. Hydro Dam Licensing Rules Dilute River Protections
Environment News Service, November, 2005 by staff
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> The Departments of the Interior, Commerce, and Agriculture jointly announced new Interim Final Rules Wednesday that the agencies say will improve licensing procedures for hydropower while protecting threatened and endangered fish species, water quality, and federal and tribal resources.
But conservationists contend that the new rules allow utilities to retroactively challenge protection measures - even after they have been finalized as part of the licensing process - and despite years of negotiations over environmental standards for dam operations conducted by states, local governments, tribes, and federal agencies.
Alabama Power's Lewis Smith Dam, which forms Smith Lake, impounds the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River. (Photo...
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