Section 1. Administrative
| Proposal title | Monitoring Water Quality With Data Collection Platforms |
| Proposal ID | 9029 |
| Organization | Clouston Energy Research & Pacific Agricultural Laboratory in collaboration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the US Agricultural Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service. (Clouston Energy Research) |
| Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
| Name | Sidney N. Clouston, Jr. |
| Mailing address | 7846 SW 171st Place Beaverton, OR 97007 |
| Phone / email | 5036421886 / Sid4Salmon@aol.com |
| Manager authorizing this project | |
| Review cycle | FY 1999 |
| Province / Subbasin | Lower Snake / Grande Ronde |
| Short description | Monitoring hydrologic conditions from baseline data collection or the continuous measurements of water temperature, turbidity, phosphorus (animal P) and pesticides. The Data Collection Platform is a stand alone system that uplinks the data to satellites. |
| Target species | |
Project location
| Latitude | Longitude | Description |
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Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
| Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
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Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
| Project ID | Title | Description |
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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 1999 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase
Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 1999 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 1999 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase
Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Task-based budget
| Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 1999 cost | Subcontractor |
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Outyear objectives-based budget
| Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
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Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase
Section 8. Estimated budget summary
Itemized budget
| Item | Note | FY 1999 cost |
|---|
| Personnel |
|
$100,000 |
| Fringe |
|
$50,000 |
| Supplies |
|
$3,000 |
| Operating |
|
$24,000 |
| Capital |
|
$156,000 |
| Travel |
|
$4,000 |
| Indirect |
|
$4,000 |
| Subcontractor |
Los Alamos National Lab.; Pacific Agricultural Lab.; Applied Power Corp |
$25,000 |
| $366,000 |
Total estimated budget
| Total FY 1999 cost | $366,000 |
| Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds | $0 |
| Total FY 1999 budget request | $366,000 |
| FY 1999 forecast from 1998 | $0 |
| % change from forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
| Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash or in-kind |
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Other budget explanation
Schedule Constraints: Weather in some locations may indicate early retrieval of the equipment (snow pack).
Reviews and recommendations
This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.
Recommendation:
Date:
May 13, 1998
Comment:
Criteria 1: Technical Criteria - Incomplete There is insufficient information to determine the feasibility of this project. It needs to be evaluated as a monitoring and evaluation part of other watershed projects.
Criteria 2: Objectives Criteria - Incomplete The objectives are too general. On page 6 Objective 5 says to monitor for the water quality goal. Tell what parameters are to be measured and specify the goals.
Criteria 3: Milestones Criteria - Yes
Criteria 4: Resources Criteria - Yes:
Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
May 13, 1998
Comment:
urgent. Proposed activities would not produce significant near-term survival improvement nor risk a lost opportunity within the next 1-3 years.Duplicates ongoing work. Some or all of proposed activities are similar or identical to work already funded. Better knowledge or coordination of past or ongoing projects would have reduced or eliminated project need.
Questionable management value. Proposal was either incomplete but did not provide adequate information to determine whether management criteria were met or complete but did not meet critical management criteria.
Recommendation:
Inadequate
Date:
Jun 18, 1998
Comment:
This is a proposal to collect data, but its relationship to the FWP is not developed. Plans for analysis and evaluation of the data are not given, nor is the need for the data established.