FY 2000 proposal 199601700
Section 1. Administrative
Proposal title | Provide Technical Support for PATH |
Proposal ID | 199601700 |
Organization | BioAnalysts, Inc. |
Proposal contact person or principal investigator |
Name | Albert E.Giorgi, Ph.D. |
Mailing address | 7981 168th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052 |
Phone / email | 4258838295 / aegiorgi@nwlink.com |
Manager authorizing this project | |
Review cycle | FY 2000 |
Province / Subbasin | Mainstem/Systemwide / Systemwide |
Short description | BioAnalyst, 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 species | Salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia Basin. |
Project location
Latitude | Longitude | Description |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)
Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:
Reviewing agency | Action # | BiOp Agency | Description |
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Project ID | Title | Description |
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See listings in the umbrella proposal. |
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20515 |
Mainstem Colmbia River Umbrella proposal |
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9600600 |
Facilitation, technical assistance and peer review of PATH |
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ESSA is the Principal Investigator |
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Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 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 2000 cost | Subcontractor |
Outyear objectives-based budget
Objective | Starting FY | Ending FY | Estimated cost |
Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase
Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase
Task-based budget
Objective | Task | Duration in FYs | Estimated 2000 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 2000 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 2000 cost |
Personnel |
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$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 forecast | 0.0% |
Cost sharing
Organization | Item or service provided | Amount | Cash 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)