YBSA Monthly Report September, 2007 Black Rock Approval Coming: About 16 months from now the Storage Study will be presented to Congress. YBSA will have to work with a new President and Congress to get approval for construction of Black…
YBSA Monthly Report August, 2007 Media Campaign: The YBSA Board of Directors has authorized a media campaign to inform the general population on the value of the Black Rock Project. The information will be distributed through the media this fall.…
YBSA Monthly Report July, 2007 Meeting about Seepage: YBSA met with Gerry Kelso and the Yakima Basin Storage Study Team July 24. The BOR has completed their estimate of seepage. It has been delivered to Hanford for their review and…
YBSA Monthly Report June, 2007 Meeting with New Vision and Tri-Dec: Members of the Yakima Basin Storage Alliance and Ted Strong met with members of Yakima County Development Association (New Vision) and Tri Cities Development Association (Tri-Dec) in Prosser to…
YBSA Monthly Report May, 2007 Meeting with Gerry Kelso: Members of YBSA discussed with Gerry Kelso the hypothetical Simulations of potential impacts to the Hanford Site Unconfined Aquifer from Black Rock seepage prepared by V.L. Freedman Pacific Nothwest National Laboratory.…
YBSA Monthly Report April, 2007 Fisheries Technical Work Group: The Storage Study Fisheries Technical Work Group objectives are to provide the opportunity and flexibility to improve fishery resource conditions throughout the mainstem Yakima and Naches Rivers. They include improve conditions…
YBSA Monthly Report March, 2007 BOR Stakeholders Roundtable: YBSA attended the stakeholders roundtable, hosted by the Bureau of Reclamation, to discuss the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study/Feasibility Analysis and NEPA/SEPA EIS. The opening statement at the Roundtable was,…
YBSA Monthly Report January, 2007 Press Conference: On January 3, 2007 at a press conference, Sid Morrison presented an overview of the Recreation and Energy Studies. The purpose was to inform the public that the value of recreation and energy…
YBSA Monthly Report December, 2006 Meeting with BOR: YBSA met with the BOR to review and comment on the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study Plan Formulation Phase. BOR and DOE will decide how to proceed with the Storage…
YBSA Monthly Report November, 2006 The Planned Formulation Phase of the Yakima Basin Storage Study: Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) promised YBSA that the report on the Preferred Alternatives of the Yakima Basin Storage Study would be available November 14. Once…
