November 27, 2019 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20426

SUBJECT: Wynoochee River Project, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission License (FERC) No. 6842, FERC License Article 419 (L)

Dear Ms. Bose:

This letter is a semi-annual report on the progress of the plan for the expenditure of the Wynoochee fisheries mitigation funds (funds) per Article 419, Paragraph L, of the FERC license for the Wynoochee River Project (Project).

Tacoma Power (Tacoma) initiated quarterly meetings with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) in November of 2016 to discuss fish management issues related to the Project with a goal of developing a plan for expending the funds.

Tacoma and WDFW have met eight times since November 2016 to develop a mitigation strategy. The QIN attended the initial meeting, but have not continued to attend the meetings since.

WDFW and QIN have met over the same period outside the quarterly meeting and have recently developed a proposal to expend the mitigation fund. The proposal is focused on fish production in a local hatchery through 2037 when the Project license expires.

Tacoma and WDFW have discussed the proposal and identified potential alternatives to formalize the funding proposal. However, the current proposal includes some actions that are not consistent with the Project license. Tacoma has responded to WDFW to clarify the Project license requirements. WDFW is coordinating with QIN to revise the proposal to align with the Project license requirements.

Once the revised proposal is returned to Tacoma, formal communication from Tacoma to FERC will occur to outline the plan to execute the mitigation-funding plan.



Kimberly Bose November 27, 2019
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Once the revised proposal is returned to Tacoma, formal communication from Tacoma to FERC will occur to outline the plan to execute the mitigation-funding plan.

If you have questions regarding this letter, please contact me at (253) 502-8196, KUnderwood@cityoftacoma.org or Travis Nelson at (253) 502-8861, TNelson1@cityoftacoma.org.

Sincerely,

Keith Underwood
Natural Resources Manager

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c: Cushman Fisheries Habitat Committee
Erich Gaedeke, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Portland Office Travis Nelson, Tacoma Power