[4] Hydro Remand Gets 3-Month-Plus Extension

Following an April 21 status update in his Portland courtroom, BiOp Judge James Redden granted a federal request to extend the BiOp remand until Feb. 1, 2007. The judge denied a request by plaintiff environmental and fishing groups to use their schedule for phasing in remand milestones.

Redden also called on the plaintiffs to work more with the feds during the collaborative process that has been underway for some months to produce a new BiOp for federal hydro operations on the Columbia and lower Snake Rivers.

The judge was obviously impressed with the feds' progress on the remand, since he had earlier told them he would not grant any extension unless they could show real progress.

Redden also said he expected the February 2007 deadline would not be the last extension in the process. -B. R.

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