FY 2000 proposal 199601700

Additional documents

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199601700 Narrative Narrative

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal titleProvide Technical Support for PATH
Proposal ID199601700
OrganizationBioAnalysts, Inc.
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
NameAlbert E.Giorgi, Ph.D.
Mailing address7981 168th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052
Phone / email4258838295 / aegiorgi@nwlink.com
Manager authorizing this project
Review cycleFY 2000
Province / SubbasinMainstem/Systemwide / Systemwide
Short descriptionBioAnalyst, Inc. staff provide technical suport for modelling analyses in PATH. We assemble data and estimates for use in contruction, calbration and validation of models used in PATH. We work with modelers and review their analyses and output.
Target speciesSalmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia Basin.
Project location
LatitudeLongitudeDescription
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

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Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

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Section 2. Past accomplishments

YearAccomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project IDTitleDescription
See listings in the umbrella proposal.
20515 Mainstem Colmbia River Umbrella proposal
9600600 Facilitation, technical assistance and peer review of PATH
ESSA is the Principal Investigator

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

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Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

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Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

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Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

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Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget
ItemNoteFY 2000 cost
Personnel $59,000
Fringe $0
Supplies $0
Operating includes OH @ 57%, FICA, B&O tax $44,000
Travel $6,000
$109,000
Total estimated budget
Total FY 2000 cost$109,000
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds$0
Total FY 2000 budget request$109,000
FY 2000 forecast from 1999$0
% change from forecast0.0%
Cost sharing
OrganizationItem or service providedAmountCash or in-kind
Other budget explanation

Schedule Constraints: Litigation. Unexpected problems with run reconstruction or model development for particular populations.


Reviews and recommendations

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

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund
Date:
Jun 15, 1999

Comment:

Recommendation: Do not fund. PATH, in its present form, with its present mission, should be phased out. A simpler process could be created to meet the continuing need for evaluation of the limited data now available to address management questions relative to the hydro biological opinion. A more ambitious and comprehensive scientific consensus process should be developed, somewhat along the lines of PATH, to address data collection design issues for the basin, to identify data needs that are critical to the actual management questions, and to ensure that data needs are met, to the extent practical, as quickly as possible, in a coordinated and efficient manner.

Comments: The proposal does not contain enough information to be evaluated. The contributions and deliverables are not clearly identified. They need to identify the role of this proposal in the umbrella proposal for PATH. The objectives are extremely vague. In the narrative, they do not expand on their role and implementation of objectives.


Recommendation:
Fund
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

PATH projects reviewed in detail last year, little has changed. Question amount of hours. Needs to be related through an umbrella. Due to budget constraints, AFM suggests holding these projects to the FY99 funding level.
Recommendation:
Date:
Aug 20, 1999

Comment:

Criteria all: Met? Yes -
Recommendation:
Fund for the transition period
Date:
Oct 29, 1999

Comment:

Fund for transition period. See the programmatic recommendation in project 9600600.
Recommendation:
Fund for transition
Date:
Nov 8, 1999

Comment:


Recommendation:
Money placed in BPA Tech Support Project Placeholder
Date:
Mar 1, 2000

Comment:

[Decision made in 12-7-99 Council Meeting]; Funding subject to independent review: BPA non-discretionary (Technical Support Project Placeholder)