FY 2002 Columbia Plateau proposal 199105700

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type
199105700 Narrative	Narrative
199105700 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response
199105700 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation
Columbia Plateau: Yakima Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map
Columbia Plateau: Yakima Subbasin Map with BPA Fish & Wildlife Projects	Subbasin Map

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Fabricate and Install Yakima Basin Phase II Fish Screens
Proposal ID	199105700
Organization	Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Yakima Screen Shop (WDFW/YSS)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Eric B. Egbers
Mailing address	3705 West Washington Avenue Yakima, WA 98903-1137
Phone / email	5095752733 / egberebe@dfw.wa.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Eric B. Egbers
Review cycle	Columbia Plateau
Province / Subbasin	Columbia Plateau / Yakima
Short description	WDFW, YSS fabricates and installs fish screens and miscellaneous metalwork for Yakima Basin Phase II screening projects. New fish screens prevent mortality and/or injury to all life stages of anadromous and resident fish in irrigation diversions.
Target species	Anadromous salmonids (spring and fall chinook, coho, steelhead), as well as resident fish species (bull trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, whitefish).

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
47.0518	-120.6395	Packwood irrigation diversion fish screen
46.7034	-120.4774	Selah Moxee irrigation diversion fish screen
46.9724	-120.5524	Tjossem irrigation diversion fish screen
46.7233	-120.7037	Scott irrigation diversion fish screen
46.9759	-120.5597	Fogarty irrigation diversion fish screen

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS	Action 153	NMFS	BPA shall, working with agricultural incentive programs such as the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, negotiate and fund long-term protection for 100 miles of riparian buffers per year in accordance with criteria BPA and NMFS will develop by June 1, 2001.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment
1992	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Kiona (26 cfs) and Naches Cowiche (40 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1993	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Snipes Allen (29 cfs), WIP Lower (6.8 cfs), New Cascade (147 cfs), and Holmes (2.2 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1994	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Taylor (11.4 cfs), Congdon (43 cfs), and Kelly Lowry (29 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1995	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Toppenish Pump (100 cfs), WIP Upper (58 cfs), and Naches Selah (135 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1996	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Fruitvale (39 cfs), Union Gap (58 cfs), Stevens (2.35 cfs), and Emerick (2.2 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1997	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Bull (30 cfs), Ellensburg Mill (40 cfs), and Anderson (2.75 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1998	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Clark (6.45 cfs), Lindsey (10.6 cfs), and Younger (15 cfs) irrigation diversion sites.
1999	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Johncox (17 cfs) irrigation diversion site.
1999	Fabricate and install screens, gantry, and metalwork at Johncox (17 cfs) irrigation diversion site.

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
199200900	Operate and Maintain (O&M) Yakima Basin Phase II Fish Screens	Once fish screen facilities are fabricated and installed, performance of operation and maintenance procedures insures protection of targeted fish species (and BPA's capital investment).
198506200	Evaluation of Yakima Passage Improvements (PNNL)	Fishery scientists from the Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) periodically evaluate completed screening projects. Independent hydraulic and biological evaluations provides valuable "adaptive management feedback".
199107500	Yakima Phase II Screens-Construction	Our fabrication program is an extension of the BOR construction program. BOR, designs and oversees construction of facilities, the YSS fabricates screens and miscellanious components.

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor
Protection of all species of anadromous and resident salmonids associated with irrigation diversions.	Fabricate and install fish screening devices which comply with current state and federal fish protection criteria.	1	$159,889

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
Protection of all species of anadromous and resident salmonids associated with irrigation diversions.	2003		$20,000

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2003
$20,000

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2002 cost	Subcontractor

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2002 cost
Personnel	FTE: 1.5	$52,517
Fringe	Employee benefits @ 31% of salaries	$16,280
Supplies	Fabrication materials and supplies	$41,230
Travel	Includes mileage charges and subsistence	$3,667
Indirect	Includes administrative overhead (@ 25.2%) and fixed operating costs	$31,660
Capital		$0
NEPA		$0
PIT tags		$0
Subcontractor		$0
Other	Contingency @ 10% of subtotal to cover unanticipated costs	$14,535
		$159,889

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2002 cost	$159,889
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2002 budget request	$159,889
FY 2002 forecast from 2001	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2001-6)

Recommendation:
Fundable only if response is adequate

Date:
Jun 15, 2001

Comment:

Fundable if adequate response is given to ISRP concerns. This is part of a long-standing program that would appear to have contributed significantly to survival improvements in downriver salmonid migrants. This funding would complete Phase II replacement or upgrade of all screen facilities in the Yakima basin by the end of FY 2003. What proportion of all diversions are screened? The proposal notes that project prioritization is determined by the Passage TWG, including input from the BPA project manager, BOR, state and federal agencies, and YN. While the proposal listed general programmatic support for the importance of screening, it did not list a protocol or specific criteria that established the prioritization rank order for the screening activities. Perhaps because most of the screening activities are part of the Phase II screening process presently underway in the Yakima basin, this oversight presents an uncertainty only to the ISRP and not to fisheries managers within the subbasin. Nevertheless it is important to document such criteria as part of the proposal review process within the provincial review process.

It is difficult to assess this or its companion proposal on science-based standards. As noted in the FY 2000 review, this project is tightly linked to project #199107500 and closely related to project #19920900. Some of the project descriptions shared the same introductory material. This suggests that these proposals could have been introduced under one proposal, which would have reduced the repetitive material and provided an opportunity to specifically describe the functional relationship among these projects. Reviewers were confused by an apparent redundancy of effort, with efforts from both projects #199107500 and #199105700 being expended on the same screen sites.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
High Priority

Date:
Aug 3, 2001

Comment:

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2001-8)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Aug 10, 2001

Comment:

Fundable. The response suitably clarified several procedural items. This project is part of a long-standing program that would appear to have contributed significantly to survival improvements in downriver salmonid migrants. This funding would complete Phase II replacement or upgrade of all screen facilities in the Yakima basin by the end of FY 2003.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Oct 1, 2001

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Provides safe downstream passage at irrigation diversions

Comments

Already ESA Req? no

Biop? yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Rank A

Date:
Oct 16, 2001

Comment:

No cost-share. Not priority subbasin under RPA #149, but priority activity everywhere. All Phase II screening projects in Yakima should be considered as a bundle so redundancies can be identified.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jan 3, 2002

Comment:

Funding increases for ongoing projects above the standard Fiscal Year 2001 budget plus 3.4%.

As discussed above in the general issues, the general principle applied to ongoing projects has been to hold them at their Fiscal Year 2001 approved budget levels plus 3.4%. In prioritizing the available funds, local entities and managers agreed that some ongoing projects should have their budgets increased in order to meet local priorities and address ESA based needs. The following ongoing projects are recommended for funding increases above the general 3.4% increase:

Project ID: 199105700: Fabricate and Install Yakima Basin Phase II Fish

NMFS has designated this project as consistent with the overall BiOp off-site mitigation strategy and actions (assigning a"500" rating as a flow, passage, screening or water acquisition/lease project. The ISRP finds that, "This project is part of a long-standing program that would appear to have contributed significantly to survival improvements in downriver salmonid migrants.

Budget effect on base program (Project 199105700):

FY 2002	FY 2003	FY 2004
Increase $85,580	Increase $20,000	0

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Decision

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Mar 6, 2002

Comment:

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

REVIEW:
Project Sponsor Request for FY04-05

Recommendation:

Date:
Sep 20, 2003

Comment:

REVIEW:
NW Power and Conservation Council's FY 2006 Project Funding Review

Funding category:
capital

Date:
May 2005

FY05 NPCC start of year:	FY06 NPCC staff preliminary:	FY06 NPCC July draft start of year:
$0	$28,195	$28,195

Sponsor comments: See comment at Council's website