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Toledo Bend BI-State Alliance
Meeting Minutes
June 25, 2001
The meeting was opened by Larry Kelly.
Joe Griffin lead the group in prayer.
There were no changes to the agenda.
Region I water planning group
There will be two meetings to consider new scope for the next planning phase. The first meeting will be in Woodville on July 11, 2001. The second will be in Jacksonville on July 12, 2001. These meetings will be advertised in local papers. This is the opportunity to ask the groups to include more consideration of recreational aspects of the water planning process. The new water planning activity will begin in October 2001.
There was a discussion of the EPA reversal of the permit to exceed the chemical discharges by Donahue Corp into the paper mill creek in Lufkin.
The Collaborative effort
The parties seem to have reached an acceptable confidentiality agreement. If all sign it then the next meeting should see negotiations beginning toward solution of the lake level project. One of the major definitions of confidential information is the spoken word at the meetings. At the last meeting the FERC pointed out to the SRAs the benefit of working things out in advance of the relicensing effort will be a greatly reduced relicensing cost. The SRA and the Power Companies are concerned that anything they may say could get into court cases. An Attorney for the TBBSA reviewed the agreement and concluded it was the best that could be expected. The SRAC was also satisfied with the agreement.
A motion was made seconded and passed that the TBBSA accept the confidentiality agreement.
The SRAs plan to rework one of their generators this year and the other one next year. The plan is to take the lake down to 165 ftMSL. The reason for this lowering was to reduce the risk to the dam in the event of a large inflow and also to reduce the risk of flooding downstream at a time when the water will not be passed through the generator. Larry Kelly presented an analysis which show that the spillway gates are more than adequate to manage the water flows in place of the generator. He plans to present this information to the Joint Board at their next meeting.
A motion was made seconded and passed that we delay selection of a Texas CO Chairman for the TBBSA until next month when Charles English returns.
A motion was made seconded and passed that the by laws be changed to allow the CO Chairmen to succeed themselves in office.
The Treasurer was absent.
The meeting was adjourned.
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