Message-ID: <7627271.1075843085603.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 01:03:00 -0800 (PST) From: sgovenar@govadv.com To: hgovenar@govadv.com, bgaillar@ees.enron.com, smccubbi@ees.enron.com, mday@gmssr.com, mona_l_petrochko@enron.com, jdasovic@enron.com, smara@enron.com, pkaufma@ect.enron.com Subject: SB 1540 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Scott Govenar X-To: Hedy Govenar , Bruno Gaillard , Sandi McCubbin , Mike Day , Mona L Petrochko , Jeff Dasovich , Susan J Mara , Paul Kaufman X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Jeff_Dasovich_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Legislation X-Origin: DASOVICH-J X-FileName: jdasovic.nsf Listed below is a brief description of SB 1540 (Sher) relating to dams. We should keep an eye on this throughout the session. The bill would enact the California Dam Decommission, River Restoration, and Public Safety Act of 2000, which would require the Secretary of Resources, on or before January 1, 2002, to prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report evaluating the suitability or nonsuitability for decommission, demolition, removal, or modification of dams, diversions, and other impoundment facilities for the purpose of restoring spawning habitat for salmon and steelhead fisheries within the system and within other rivers and streams in California. http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_1540&sess=CUR&house=B& site=sen