PUBLIC LAW 100-216—DEC. 29, 1987
101 STAT. 1451
agreement entered into by the State of Idaho or the Idaho Power Company prior to the date of enactment of this Act relating to any fish and wildlife matters affected by any such project. 03) FERC AUTHORITY.—Nothing in section 1 shall be construed to modify, change, expand, or limit the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act or other applicable law relating to fish and wildlife. (c) WATER.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as (1) affecting State and local the rights or jurisdiction of the United States, the States, Indian governments. tribes, or other entities over waters of any river or stream or over Indians. any ground water resource; (2) altering or establishing the respective rights of States, the United States, Indian tribes, or any person with respect to any water or water-related right; or (3) altering, amending, repealing, interpreting, modifying, or be in conflict with, the Treaty rights or other rights of any Indian tribe. SEC. 3. STUDY. (a) JOINT AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT STUDY.—
(1) The Federal and licensee parties to the Offers of Settle- Reports. ment and the settlement agreement referred to in section 1 Fish and fishing. shall immediately after enactment of this Act enter into good Wildlife. faith negotiations for a joint agreement to conduct and adequately finance detailed evaluations and studies (and issue a report thereon) concerning the timing, quantity and quality of instream flows and related matters to protect, enhance, and mitigate fish and wildlife resources, including anadromous fish and related habitat of the Snake River and the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. Such agreement shall be filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and shall be considered thereafter as part of the order issued pursuant to section 1. Such negotiations shall be completed and a joint agreement entered into by all such parties and filed with the Commission not later than 60 calendar days after the order is issued under section 1. (2) If a joint agreement is not entered and filed within the 60day period referred to in paragraph (1), the Commission shall within 60 calendar days after the expiration of such period issue an order under this paragraph requiring that the evaluations and studies referred to in paragraph (1) be undertaken and the duties and responsibilities of such parties to conduct and finance them. The Commission may for good cause extend the time for issuance of the order under this paragraph an additional period of not more than 45 calendar days. The Commission in issuing an order under this subsection, may take into consideration such information as the parties may stipulate and file with the Commission resulting from such negotiations. The Commission is not required, notwithstanding any provision of law, to afford the parties any other opportunity to make oral or written presentations to the Commission regarding such order. In any judicial review of the order issued under section 1, the order (or the adequacy thereof) issued under this paragraph shall not be a basis for that review or for a stay of the effective date of the order issued under section 1. (3) The order referred to in section 1 shall be effective and final when the joint agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is filed by all the parties with the Commission, or not later than 60 calendar days after such order is issued under section 1,
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