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WA and ID sign MOU to monitor effects of proposed summer discharges from Post Falls Dam

November 28, 2008

A memorandum of understanding allows Washinton, Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to participate in a monitoring study of Post Falls Dam. The study will be used to determine final conditions that Idaho Department of Environmental Quality will place on summer discharges of water at Post Falls Dam. These conditions are part of Avista’s proposed 50 year license to continue operating Post Falls Dam. The Spokane River Forum reports.

EPA error delaying river cleanup plans

September 27, 2008

Changes by EPA mean plans to limit phosphorus discharges into the Spokane River will take at least another year, state and federal officials announced today. The Spokesman Review reports.

Avista starts dredging river behind Monroe dam

August 8, 2008

Avista Corp. is using heavy equipment to scoop rocks and gravel from behind the Monroe Street Dam in downtown Spokane. But the action is drawing fire from the Sierra Club, who says the work may be stirring up PCBs, heavy metals and other toxic materials deposited behind the dam.

Spokane River and Waterfalls headed to Court

August 8, 2008

Sierra Club and Center for Environment Law and Policy (CELP) announced that they have appealed the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) 401 Certification for Spokane River dams as favoring Avista Corporation over the Spokane River.

Avista’s river-use conditions challenged

August 8, 2008

Avista Corp. should do more to protect the Spokane River in return for harnessing its water for hydropower generation, two environmental groups say.

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