110 STAT. 3006 PUBLIC LAW 104-206—SEPT. 30, 1996 Texas. to make final recommendations on project funding to BPA, relying on the best information available. The Panel and Peer Review Groups shall review a sufficient number of projects to adequately ensure that the list of prioritized projects recommended is consistent with the Council's program. Project recommendations shall be based on a determination that projects: are based on sound science principles; benefit fish and wildlife; and have a clearly defined objective and outcome with provisions for monitoring and evaluation of results. The Panel, with assistance from the Peer Review Groups, shall review, on an annual basis, the results of prior year expenditures based upon these criteria and submit its findings to the Council for its review. (v) PUBLIC REVIEW.—Upon completion of the review of projects to be funded through BPA's annual fish and wildlife budget, the Peer Review Groups shall submit its findings to the Panel. The Panel shall analyze the information submitted by the Peer Review Groups and submit recommendations on project priorities to the Council. The Council shall make the Panel's findings available to the public and subject to public comment. (vi) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL. —The Council shall fully consider the recommendations of the Panel when making its final recommendations of projects to be funded through BPA's annual fish and wildlife budget, and if the Council does not incorporate a recommendation of the Panel, the Council shall explain in writing its reasons for not accepting Panel recommendations. In making its recommendations to BPA, the Council shall consider the impact of ocean conditions on fish and wildlife populations and shall determine whether the projects employ cost-effective measures to achieve program objectives. The Council, after consideration of the recommendations of the Panel and other appropriate entities, shall be responsible for making the final recommendations of projects to be funded through BPA's annual fish and wildlife budget. (vii) COST LIMITATION.—The cost of this provision shall not exceed $2,000,000 in 1997 dollars. (viii) EXPIRATION.— Th is paragraph shall expire on September 30, 2000. DESIGNATION OF JIM CHAPMAN LAKE SEC. 513. Cooper Lake, located on the Sulphur River near Cooper, Texas, is named and designated as the "Jim Chapman Lake". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, dociunent, or record of the United States to such lake shall be held to be a reference to the "Jim Chapman Lake". Oregon. DESIGNATION OF WILLIAM L. JESS DAM AND INTAKE STRUCTURE SEC. 514. The dam located at mile 158.6 on the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, and commonly known as the Lost Creek Dam Lake Project, shall be known and designated as the "William L. Jess Dam and Intake Structure". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the dam referred to as Lost Creek Dam Lake Project, shall be deemed to be a reference to the "William L. Jess Dam and Intake Structure".
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